SILKIES. ]5] 



head; comh, dark reddish purple; ear-lobes, 

 turcLuoise blue; wattles, purple; legs, eyes, and 

 leak, jet black; tail, full, but not with many 

 sickle feathers; body, low set, but large, and 

 broad in the breast. 



Hen — precisely similar points, except the tail, 

 which, in her, consists of a small buncJb of 

 feathers like marabouts. Her comb also is 

 smaller, and crest (or tuft) larger. 



