CHARACTERISTICS OF FOWLS 



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ground, golden. 



In case there is a black line around a 

 white feather, as in Fig. 7, the color is called silver penciled. 

 The Dark Brahma, although called " dark," is a good ex- 

 ample of a silver-penciled fowl. When there is a black 

 border around a bay feather, the color is said to be par- 



FiG. 10. — Striped neck (hackle) feather, male (ideal). 



tridge. The Partridge Cochin is typical of this type of col- 

 oring. If a fowl is marked with black-and-white bars, 

 running parallel across the feathers, we say that it is barred 

 (Tig. 9). The Barred Phinouth Eock is, perhaps, the 

 best known illustration of a barred chicken. 



