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were not distinctly laced and 

 showed considerable yellow. 

 They had both rose and 

 single combs. On this foun- 

 dation were used crosses of 

 Silver-Spangled Hamburg 

 and Dark Brahma, and also 

 a black fowl known as a 

 Breda, of supposed Rus- 

 sian origin. This does not 

 strike the student of races of 

 poultry as a likely account. 

 While it is not impossible 

 that poor lacing from a 

 bantam source might be 

 intensified by adding to it 

 spangling, penciling, and 

 black, it is improbable. A 

 more credible though not 

 well-attested account says 

 that a general-purpose type of 

 fowl, with the laced pattern not 

 regularly developed, ranging in 



FIG. 407. Golden-Laced Wyandotte cock 



(Photograph from owners, Wood and 



Freeman, Fitchburg, Massachusetts) 



FIG. 408. Golden-Laced Wyandotte 



hen. (Photograph from owners, 



Wood and Freeman) 



FIG. 409. Three-quarters rear view 



of Golden- Laced Wyandotte cock 



in Fig. 407 



