76 POULTRY-CRAFT. 
egg breed; non-sitters; very large crests; small Y-shaped combs; white ear 
lobes; slatish or willow legs; large, full tails. They are good layers, gener- 
ally, and their flesh is of fine quality. 
87. Hamburgs. — Varieties: GoLDEN SPANGLED, GOLDEN PENCILED, 
SILVER SPANGLED, (Fig. 70), SILVER PENCILED, (Fig. 71), WHITE, BLack. 
Hamburgs do not greatly 
differ from the Polish except 
in furnishings of the head. 
They have neither crest nor 
beard ; have rose combs like 
those of Rose Combed Leg- 
horns; are rather delicate; a 
white egg breed ; are non-sit- 
ters; more numerously bred 
than Polish, and considered 
better for practical purposes, 
but are altogether outclassed 
by the hardier Leghorns. 
Hamburgs are bred princi- 
pally by those keeping fowls 
for pleasure. 
Fig. 71. Silver Penciled Hamburg Cock. 
88. Redcaps. Rather delicate; white egg breed; non-sitters; have been 
aptly described as extra large, coarse Hamburgs with red ear lobes. Their 
colors are red brown and purple black distributed as in Spangled Hamburgs, 
except that the spangles of Redcaps are crescent shaped. Rare. 
FRENCH CLASS. 
89. Houdans. — Fig. 72. — The only breed in this class common enough 
in America to warrant de- 
scription in a popular book. 
The other French breeds, La 
FLECHE and CREVEC@UR, 
recognized by the Standard, 
are rarely seen here. Hou- 
dans, while not popular or 
numerous, are fairly well 
distributed, and are not unfa- 
miliar in most sections; they 
are a rather delicate, white 
egg breed; non-sitters; col- 
ors black and white mottled, 
black predominating in the 
young fowls; large crests Fig. 72. Houdans. 
