44 POULTRY BREEDING 
the Colored Dorking cock weighs 9 and the hen 7 pounds. 
The shape of the Dorking is very striking, the body being 
very deep and the back very long and level. The tails 
are heavy with a majestic sweep and the combs of the 
single comb varieties are large, the comb of the cock 
standing upright and that of the hen drooping over the 
side of the face. The White Dorking is pure white, and 
this variety is very rare in this country. 
Silver-Gray Dorking.—This is the favorite in this coun- 
try, if it can be said that a variety is a favorite when it is 
rarely seen except in the larger shows. The hackle of 
the cock is silvery white with some gray which runs into 
black over the shoulders or cape. The back is silvery 
white, the breast dull black, the tail greenish black, the 
upper parts of the wings are white and the primaries are 
mostly black. The hen of this variety is a beautifully- 
colored bird. Her hackle is silvery white with a black 
stripe down the center of the feathers and the breast is 
salmon-colored, running into an ashy-gray in the lower 
part, this color extending over the lower and rear parts 
of the body. The back is an ashen-gray, finely marked 
with stippling of a deeper gray. The tail is dark, pen- 
ciled with gray and the wings are grayish. 
Colored Dorking.—This variety is rare in this country. 
Even those who visit the larger poultry shows rarely see 
specimens. The neck of the cock is a light straw color 
striped with a wide black stripe; the shoulders or cape 
are black. The body and fluff are a dull black. The 
wingbows are light straw-color and the primaries black. 
The secondaries, which are greenish black, show as a bar 
across the wings; the tail is a greenish black. The hen 
may be described as having the color of the Silyer-Gray 
hen, the colors being deeper and black markings show. 
