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by adhering to a false standard. Though the craze for heavy 

 feathering has not hud its hand lieavily u])on it, tlie eager- 

 ness to make their type entirely distinct from tliat of the 

 Orpington has led to the development of what Brown' has 

 depicted as "a leggy monstrosity, stilty, often weak legged, 

 but naturally heavier in bone and smaller in body than of 

 yore." In America the ty]3e has not been developed to such 

 an extreme as in Enghuid, from wliii.'h \ie\v -point Brown 



Fig. i:. 



P;irtiidf;c Cochin, female (Asiatic). 



writes, but the de\clopment has assuredly not been toward 

 the most desirable economic qualities. 



The characteristics which these breeds ha\-e in common are: 

 relatively large size, phlegmatic disposition, late maturity, 

 and feathered shanks. All three of them lay an egg that is 

 tinted a rich deep brown, and are persistent setters. 



Mairs," in tests embracing members of the Asiatic, Ameri- 



' Races of Domcslic Poultry. 

 2 I'eiinsylvaiiia Bulielin No. S7. 



