BREEDS AND BREEDING. 



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Fig. 1332.— Light Brahmas. 



they are exceptionally good mothers.. They are* small-sized, and 



their eggs are small and of a pale buff color. 



The Frizzled Fowls (Fig. 1334) are bred and domesticated in 



Java, Sumatra, 

 and on the Phi- 

 lippine Islands. 

 They are gener- 

 al ly white, but 

 there are some 

 specimens with, a 

 heavy sprinkling 

 of black and 

 brown. These 

 fowls are rather 

 interesting as a 

 curiosity than val- 

 uable for practical 

 purposes. 

 'The RUMPLESa 



Bantam (Fig. 

 1335) has no espe- 

 cial character- 

 istic to recom- 

 mend it as a breed of game chickens, besides its beauty. 



Fig. 1333.— Silky Fowls. 



