TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 405 



names this was applied to large 

 black fowls with small single 

 combs and smooth yellow or 

 yellowish legs. In the early 

 history of the Barred Plymouth 

 Rock many black specimens 

 were produced. These seem 

 to have been the chief source 

 of supply, though doubtless 

 other black fowls were used. 

 The Black Java was the prin- 

 cipal variety given this name, 

 but there were also white and 

 mottled (black-and-white) birds 

 of this type, these being 

 colors likely to occur in rever- 

 sion and (coming from the Java 

 stock) to be considered as be- 

 longing to that breed. None 

 of the varieties of the Java have ever been popular. As varieties 

 of the Plymouth Rock they might have fared better. 



FIG. 403. Columbian Plymouth Rock 

 cockerel. (Photograph from owner, 

 S. C. Allen, Orchard Park, New York) 



FIG. 404. Columbian Plymouth Rock pullets. (Photograph from owner, 

 S. C. Allen) 



