92 POULTRY-CRAFT. 
lobes; shanks and toes feathered, but not as heavily as shanks of Brahmas and 
Cochins. Beaks dark horn color; legs and toes bluish black; bottoms of the 
-feet pink or pinkish white. (Yellow skin and yellow in the bottoms of the 
feet are considered indications of Cochin blood). Langshan tails are larger 
than those of Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes, and carried well up. 
Brack Lanosuans. — Figs. 61, 62.— Are popular among poultry keepers 
of all classes, except those making a specialty of market poultry. Their white 
skin and dark shanks are against them in American markets. They are partic- 
ularly well suited to smoky towns where white and light colored birds soon 
become eye-sores to their owners. They are good winter layers, and’ make 
good poultry for home use. 
WuiTrE LANGSHANS are not popular. They are useful and beautiful fowls, 
but the field for white fowls with their general characteristics has been occupied 
by other varieties. : 
MEDITERRANEAN CLASS. 
82. Leghorns.— General Descripiion.—Hardy ; white egg breed; non- 
: sitters; small to small medium in 
size; no special weights required 
by the Standard ; all varieties have 
white or creamy white ear lobes, 
smooth yellow legs, long and full 
tails. Leghorns are reputed thé 
egg fowls par excellence. More 
people can get satisfactory egg 
vz yields from Leghorns than from 
any other breed. This is because 
Leghorns are generally hardier 
than the other white egg breeds, 
and are not so easily put out of 
condition by overfeeding as are 
fowls of heavier breeds. There is 
a strong tendency among Leghorn 
breeders to breed to a larger type 
than in the past. When bred to 
a good size, Leghorns make first 
class broilers, and very fair small 
roasters. 
Fig. 63. Pair of White Leghorns. 
Brown LeGuorns. — Fig. 64.— There are two sub-varieties differing only 
in shape of comb and in popularity. The Single Combed Brown Leghorns 
are the most widely distributed of the Leghorn family. Rose Combed Brown 
Leghorns are not one-tenth as numerous. Brown Leghorns are the most com- 
mon example of the black red color combination in fowls—colors so familiar 
everywhere that they need no general description. They are commonly rated 
