126 LESSONS IN POULTRY KEEPING — SECOND SERIES. 



useil Br. for Barred aotl Bf. for Buff — a usage which looks all right when only Bocks are con- 

 sidered, but as Br. is becoming somewhat generally used for Brown Leghorns and for the 

 word Brown when occuningin tUe.name of a variety of Games or Game Bantams, Bd. for 

 Barred would be preferable. 



The breed name Wyandottes is very commonly shortened to 'Dottes, and abbrayiated to 

 "Wy." The original Wyandottes were the Silvers, — a laced variety. In the American 

 "Standard of Perfection" they are still called Silver Wyandottes, and the abbreviations S. for 

 Silver, and S. Wy. for Silver Wyandotte are common. Since there has been also a Silver 

 Penciled Wyandotte, there has been an increasingly general use of the more complete descrip- 

 tive name Silver Laced Wyandotte, abbreviated sometimes to S. L. Wyandotte, or S. L. Wy. 

 For the Golden Laced variety the abbreviations have been the same with the substitution of 

 G. for S. For Whites the initial W. with the abbreviation Wy., is very common. Buff and 

 Black having the same initial, the abbreviations may be Bf. and Bl., though there is no estab- 

 lished usage. Partridge Wyandottes are properly described as Golden Penciled Wyandottes, 

 though the other is the "official" name of the breed. Partridge may be abbreviated to P. or to 

 Part., which is more suggestive, but I think you will find the name used in full many times 

 oftener than you will find it abbreviated. Silver Penciled Wyandotte may be abbreviated to S. 

 P. Wy., or Wyandotte. It is quite common to call them especially Penciled Wyandottes, but 

 that leads already to the habit of speaking also of the Partridge as Penciled Wyandottes, and I 

 frequently get communications speaking of Penciled Wyandottes, which leave me in doubt as 

 to which is meant. For Columbian Wyandotte Col. Wy., or Wyandotte, seems right, and is 

 occasionally used, though Columbian without the breed name seems to gain favor. 



For Javas and Dominiques no abbreviations are in use. Rhode Island Red is commonly 

 shortened to R. I. Red, or simple Red. The two varieties being distinguished by the shapes of 

 the comb, as Single Combed or Rose Combed, it is common to abbreviate either to S. C. R. I. 

 Red, and R. C. R. I. Red, or still further to S. C. Red, and R. C. Red. 



The varieties of Brabmas — Light and Dark — have variety names which indicate their 

 colors as compared with each other. These descriptive terms are abbreviated sometimes to Lt. 

 •or L. for Light, and Dk. or D. for Dark, but the abbreviations are not as much used as the 

 full names. 



In Cochins we have the varieties Buff, Black, White, and Partridge. W. Cochin, and P. 

 Cochin, for the two latter cannot be misunderstood, but to be sure of the others we must add a 

 letter to the B. 



Langsbans have but two varieties — Black and White, the names often abbreviated to B. 

 Langshan, and W. Langsban. 



In Leghorn names, the Brown for years was given a monopoly of the use of the initial B., 

 though the Black might claim, it, and there was little if any trouble, because Browns were 

 common and Blacks very rare. I suppose there are in this country today several thousand 

 persons who have Brown Leghorns to every one who has Blacks. But when the Buffs came 

 with some promise of popularity, it had to be Br. and Bf., or else use the words unabbreviated 

 — which has perhaps lieen the more common practice. The Browns, Whites, and Buffs being 

 •subdivided according to the shape of the comb, we have the abbreviations S. C. and R. C, 

 which were explained above in connection with the R. I. Red. In all of these varieties when 

 there is no reference to the comb the Single Combed variety is usually meant. Silver Duck- 

 wing is abbreviated to S. D. 



The two Single Combed varieties of the Minorca are the Black and White, and the usual 

 abbreviations for these color names used without reference to the shape of comb will almost 

 ahvaysmean the S. C. Minorcas. In writing of the R. C. varieties of the same colors the 

 abbreviations of the full name should always be used. 



For the Spanish, the full descriptive name (or its abbreviation) of White Faced Black 

 Spanish is very generally used, though there is no possibility of error in speaking of Spanish, 

 there being only the one variety. For Andaluslans and Aneonas we have no abbreviations. 



For Dorkings the Silver Gray is quite generally abbreviated to Silver Dorkings, Gray Dork- 

 ings, or S. G. Dorkings, but the White Dorkings and the Colored Dorkings names are not often 

 abbreviated. For Redcap no abbreviation is used. 



