BRAHMA POOTRA. Ill 



hackles, full, each feather laced with black ; tail, 

 black; breast, grey; thighs, light grey; wing quill 

 feathers, black ; coverts, white ; feet and fe^rs, yellow, 

 and well-feathered ; wattles, red and pendulous. 



Hen — hackles, white, each feather tipped with 

 black ; tail, white, edged with black ; breast, 

 white ; body, clear white ; legs, short and fluffy. 

 The legs of all Brahmas should be short and wide 

 apart. This is a great beauty, and, in both cock 

 and hen, the outer toes should be shorter than the 

 others, and feathered to the point ; beaks, yellow. 



Miss Watts is too well known in the poultry 

 world to require any introduction from me. I 

 append her polite communication as to this 

 variety : — 



" I think all who keep Brahmas will agree 

 with me in giving them a high place among our 

 useful poultry. They are large, and put on flesh 

 readily ; they are good layers, good sitters, and 

 good mothers ; they are also very hardy, apt at 

 keeping themselves in good condition, and, under 

 the unfavourable circumstances of dirty weather, 

 or of living much among houses, they decidedly 

 keep up a cleanly, tidy appearance better than any 



