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Barrep PLymMournu Rooxs,—Fig. 47.—The ground color of plumage varies 
from grayish white to 
pale ashen blue. In 
the best colored speci- 
mens the parallel bars 
crossing each feather 
run from leaden blue 
in light colored to blue 
black in dark speci- 
mens. In birds which 
fail in color the bar- 
ring is usually indis- 
tinct; the dark bars 
show sometimes rusty 
red or brown, some- 
times a greenish tinge. 
Clear yellow legs and 
beaks are common in 
the males, but not in 
females, which oftener have a dark shading on the upper beak, and greenish 
shading or spots on the front of the leg. This variety is certainly the most 
popular of all with practical poultrymen, and, probably, also with fanciers. 
The difficulty of breeding it to the perfection of Standard color requirements, 
and the correspondingly high prices paid for first class specimens appeal 
strongly to the ambition and inter- 
est of the fancier-breeder. The 
double mating system is more 
Fig. 47. Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
generally practiced with this vari- 
ety than with any other. It takes 
a novice some years to learn to 
produce high class stock. As 
commonly bred for practical pur- 
poses, little attention is given to 
nice color points. 
WuitE PrymMoutuy Rocxs.— 
Fig. 48.— Were long considered 
more delicate than the Barred 
variety. With increasing popu- 
larity and more careful breeding 
for vigor they have become rug- 
ged. The Standard description 
calls for a pure white plumage, 3 
and yellow legs and skin; a com- Fig. 48. White Plymouth Rocks. 
