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For the Orpington variety names we have the usual abbreviations for the colors of the varie- 

 ties, White, Black, and Buff, and for the subdivisions of these according to shape of comb. 

 Spangled and Jubilee Orpington are not abbreviated. 



Of the Polish, the White Crested Black is the only name generally abbreviated. This is 

 reduced to W. C. B. PoMsh. There is a Buff Laced Polish, and there are both Bearded and 

 Non-Bearded divisions of the Golden, Silver, and White varieties, but these names, perhaps 

 because of the infrequency of occasion for using them, are usually written in full. 



For Hamburgs, the names White and Black, are but rarely abbreviated; the names Golden 

 Spangled, Silver Spangled, Golden Penciled, and Silver Penciled, are quite generally reduced 

 to the initials giving G. S., S. S., G. P., and S. P. Hamburgs. 



No shortening or abbreviation of any kind obtains in our use of the names of the French 

 breeds Houdans, Creveca'urs, and La Fleche. 



Abbreviations of names of Game and Game Bantam varieties cause most inquiry. A B. B. 

 R. G. Bant, is a Black Breasted Red Game Bantam. Omit the Bant., and you have the abbrevia- 

 tion for Black Breasted Red Game. In both the large and the small fowls there is also a Brown 

 Breasted Red, known as a Brown Red. The other is sometimes called simply a Black Red. 

 As far as proper discrimination in abbreviation of these names is used, the usual way is to 

 \vrite B. B. R. for the Black Breasted Red, and B. R. for the Brown Red. Golden and Silver 

 Duckwing Games ami Game Bantam are abbreviated to G. D. and S. D., etc. For Birchen, 

 Black, and White, abbreviations are seldom used. Red Pyle is abbreviated to R. P. 



In the "Standard of Perfection" the word Game is dropped from the names of Cornish 

 Indian and White Indian Games, and they are known simply as Indians, Cornish, and White. 



The precedent seems to have found little favor, and the old usage quite generally continues 

 with the abbreviations C. I. Games and W. I. Games. For Malays and Sumatras no abbrevia- 

 tions are used. 



Golden Sebright and Silver Sebright Bantams may be abbreviated either as to one or both 

 descriptive names. Rose Comb Bantams are of two colors Black, and White. It is customary 

 to use the abbreviation R. C. (there is no S. C. variety of the breed), but not to abbreviate the 

 color term. In fact, it is not uncommon to see it written R. C. Blacks, or R. C. Whites, with 

 particular reference to their being Bantams. For Booted White Bantams no abbreviation is 

 commonly used, except that as in all varieties of Bantams it is quite customary in writing the 

 name to shorten Bantam to Bant., even when the rest of the name is written in full. With 

 those who abbreviate intelligently it may be said to be the rule perhaps not specifically framed 

 in the mind, yet still generally observed in practice to abbreviate, to cut short, as soon as the 

 meaning is clear. In names of Brahma, Cochin, and the three varieties of Polish Bantams, we 

 have the same sets of abbreviations as for the larger varieties of the same name, always, of 

 course, with the name Bantam or its abbreviation added. 



Of Japanese Bantams there are three standard varieties, Black Tailed, White, and Black. 

 The first of these is more fully and correctly described as a Black Tailed White Japanese 

 Bantam. This gives us a very long name for a very small fowl. It may be abbreviated to 

 W. T. W. Jap. Bant. The other two varieties are in the same way made W. Jap. Bant., and 

 B. Jap. Bant. The non-Standard Gray Japanese Bantam must be Gray Jap. Bant., for G. 

 generally stands for Golden, and would be misleading. 



Names of Silkies, Sultans, and Frizzles are not abbreviated, nor is it common to abbreviate 

 name** of either turkeys, ducks, or geese, though abbreviations of a few of them are admissible. 

 On the contrary, it is more customary in some cases to use more words than is necessary. Thus 

 a Pekin Duck is sufficiently described by that term, for there is only one varjety, the White, 

 but it is very common both in speaking and writing to say White Pekin Duck. 



Most of the varieties of the turkey take their names from the color. There are Bronze, Buff, 

 Slate, White, and Black. Then there is the Narragansett, which might be described as a 

 bronze-gray in color. The White Turkey described in the Standard is called the White Hol- 

 land Turkey? White Turkeys called Mammoth (a name also sometimes applied to the Bronze), 

 have also been shown. Finally, there is the Bourbon Red Turkey which is perhaps best 

 described as a Buff with the constituent colors unmixed, and tending to go each to certain sec- 

 tions instead of being evenly distributed. 



