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full, abundant fluff ; tail carried low and as free as pos- 

 sible from quill feathers ; shanks, feet and middle toe 

 well feathered ; breast, fluff and leg feathering solid black ; 

 hackle, what the Standard calls fine orange-red, toward 

 the front very dark ; saddle, same color as hackle, with 

 stripe of saddle and hackle feathers jet black. The hen 

 should have a small head ; a small and fine comb ; hackle 

 of a rich orange ; ground color dark, handsome brown ; 

 broad, ample cushion ; penciling of a deeper brown, very 

 fine, nearly covering ground color upon breast and flat 

 of wings ; secondary quills very black ; cushion almost 

 black. Such a mating will produce fine cockerels. 



For the production of pullets, the cock, while pos- 

 sessing all the Cochin characteristics, ought not to have 

 a black fluff and breast, but a good proportion of brown 

 or red therein, feathers laced with red better than solid 

 brown or red ; hackle and saddle bright orange, lighter 

 than in cock mated to produce males. The hen should 

 have bright orange head and hackle, the latter striped 

 with solid black, although this is not absolutely necessary; 

 ground color of body light brown ; center of breast and 

 flat of wings penciled with semi-circles of quite dark 

 color ; back well penciled ; cushion penciled so as to 

 nearly cover ground color ; and short secondary quill 

 well penciled. Such a mating will give a good percentage 

 of exhibition pullets. 



Some of the best breeders of this variety claim that 

 a fair percentage of standard cockerels and pullets can 

 be obtained by mating together standard birds, and that, 

 therefore, two matings are unnecessary. We think, how- 

 ever, that the two matings mentioned will be found to 



