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exactly similar to the Silver, except the ground- 

 colour, which is golden. The cocks in this variety 

 differ very nauch. Some judges approve most 

 of those which have a pure black breast — some 

 desire them spangled, but this, so-called spangling, 

 on the breast of a golden cock is seldom more 

 than oblique patches of red, not corresponding 

 at all with the upper parts of the bird's plumage. 

 Seeing the difficulty of getting a pure and well- 

 defined spangled breast, I prefer a pure black 



"In the pencilled varieties, the combs, legs, 

 tail, and hackles, are the same as in the spangled 

 birds ; but the tail in the he7is is very frequently 

 pencilled, as well as the body. The cock, in the 

 SUver-pencOled variety, is often nearly white, with 

 yellowish wing coverts, and a brown or chestnut 

 patch on the flight feathers of his wing. The cock, 

 in the Golden-pencilled, should be of one uniform 

 colour all over his body — no pencilling whatever. 

 Tail, copper colour, but many first-class birds have 

 a pure black taU. It must be borne in mind that the 

 hackles and head of the four varieties I have de- 

 scribed should be entirely free from any black 

 markings. " D. Beown." 



