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color they are very much like the Rhode Island Red 
except that they have a bluish undercolor, a marking 
that Rhode Island Red breeders try to eliminate from 
their fowls, although it is hard to do. For all practical 
purposes the Buckeyes are the same as Rhode Island 
Reds, being equally valuable as general-purpose fowls. 
Asiatic Fowls.—To this class which contains fowls of 
Asiatic origin, the following breeds and varieties belong: 
Brahmas.—Two varieties, Light and Dark. Cochins— 
four varieties, Buff, Partridge, White, Black. Langshans 
—Two varieties, White, Black. 
Brahmas.—This breed has been the subject of much 
discussion. It has been claimed that they were bred up 
from the Chittagongs,a breed introduced from the Far 
East about the middle of the last century, but this seems 
hardly probable, as the Brahmas have pea combs, while 
a copy of the Standard published in 1871, the first Stand- 
ard ever published in America, describes the Chittagong 
as being a single combed fowl, although almost exactly 
identical in color with the Light Brahma, described in 
the same edition. The writer has seen a mounted speci- 
men of a Light Brahma cock hatched about 1850, which 
was identical in color and comb with the modern Light 
Brahma. The sire of this bird was of the same color and 
was bought from the captain of a ship in the India trade, 
who brought him from the East Indies, having bought 
him originally for use on his table during the voyage. 
The Chittagongs have disappeared and are no longer 
bred, and it is possible that the two breeds were merged 
in some cases. The pea comb is a rather persistent char- 
acteristic in breeds which are pea-combed and it is not 
probable that a single-combed breed would produce pea- 
