110 BREEDS,. 



This (rather negative) description will, I hope, 

 be understood ; in the hope of obtaining separate 

 classes for light and dark pencilled varieties, I 

 shall describe the form and feathering of each. 



Dark Cock — square build, broad chest, digni- 

 fied carriage ; tail, small, and as black as possible ; 

 breast, dark, spangled with white ; ear-lobes and 

 face, red ; wattles, long ; neck and saddle hackles, 

 streaked black and white ; general colour of 

 plumage, grey ; ihiglis, ditto ; feet and legs, yel- 

 low, and abundantly feathered. 



The vulture hock controversy is very keen. It 

 certainly seems hard that what was only a few 

 years ago considered a beauty is now pronounced 

 so great a defect, that bii-ds possessing it (how- 

 ever fine otherwise) are excluded from all chance 

 of gaining the prize. The result is seen in. many 

 cases by the almost total absence of leg feather- 

 ing, or recourse is had to the reprehensible action 

 of pulling out the offending hock feathers. 



Hen — regularly marked all over the back and 

 breast ; wing quill feathers and tail, black ; wat- 

 Ues, short; legs SLadfeet, yellow, and feathered. 



Light Cock — broad across back, full chest; 



