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Legs : Thighs, dusky-red, rather long, round, stout, hard and firm, 

 and placed well forward on the body. Shanks, olive, dark willow, or 

 bronzy-black, rather long, bony, clean and strong, and standing well 

 and evenly apart, the scales smooth and close, and the spurs set on 

 low. Feet, broad, thin and flat ; the toes long, straight and spread- 

 ing, and well furnished with strong nails; the hind-toeS' set low on the 

 feet, standing well backwards, and flat on the ground, and not merely 

 touching with the points, or duck-footed. 



Hardness of Feathers : Body-feathers, short, hard and firm; quills, 

 very hard and strong. 



THE HEN. 



Head : Yellowish-brown, long, slendering, tapering, and very neat 

 in appearance. Beak, olive, or bronzy-black, slightly curved, sharp 

 at the point and stout at the base. 



Comb, Wattles and Ear-lobes : Comb, purplish-red, single, small 

 and thin, low in front, evenly serrated, and perfectly erect and straight. 

 Wattles, dark-red,, small, thin, and neatly rounded on the edges. 

 Ear-lobes, dark-red, very small, and close to the face. 



Eves : Brown or black, large, prominent and bright, with a quick, 

 fiery expression, and perfectly alike in color. 



Neck : Golden-yellow, striped with black, long, the feathers very 

 short, giving the neck a slender and graceful appearance. 



Back : Yellowish-brown, of moderate length, flat, broad across the 

 shoulders, and narrowing to the tail. 



Breast and Body : Breast, broad, round and prominent, the higher 

 part, near the throat, a yellowish-brown ; the shafts, and a narrow 

 margin of feathers, of a much lighter shade ; the lower part and sides 

 a dusky-brown, with a narrow margin of a golden-ginger shade. Body, 

 very firm and muscular, broadest at the shoulders, and tapering to the 

 tail ; the general color of the plumage a yellowish-brown. 



Wings : Of medium length and powerful, the butts and shoulders 

 carried somewhat high, so as to cause a flat back, the points not 

 drooping, but carried compactly against the sides ; the primaries and 

 secondaries, dark brown or black ; wing-coverts, yellowish-brown. 



Tail : Black, moderate in length, not carried over the back, but 

 extending backwards, the feathers not spread out, held neatly to- 

 gether. 



