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" To breed fancy, streaky-breasted, brown-red 

 cockerels, mate a streaky-breasted hen to a black- 

 red cock; nine times out of ten the cockerels 

 will resemble the hen in colour. To breed pul- 

 lets to match, the cock must be streaky-breasted, 

 and the hen black-breasted red; these will be 

 the exhibition Brown-breasted Reds. 



" The principal points in the Duckwing Game 

 cockerel are the clear, vivid wing, black breast 

 and tail, and light straw-coloured hackle. To 

 obtain these, breed from a light grey-backed and 

 winged hen, with silver hackle and salmon breast, 

 and a black-breasted red cock ; the hen should not 

 have the slightest shade of red on the wing ; this 

 is fatal 



" To obtain similar pullets, the cock must be 

 Duckwing, and the hen Black-Eed. 



" Piles (cockerels) are bred from a white cock 

 and black-red hen. They will have the clear 

 white feather, light salmon breast, and tinge of 

 gold in hackle. The cockerels are the produce 

 of a red-spangled cock and white hen, and should 

 possess the beautiful white tail, clean hackle, 

 and red shoulder. These remarks are the result 



