222 MY POULTRY DAY BY DAY 
La FLEcHE 
A French fowl that has not been cultivated to any extent in 
this country, although it is a splendid table bird and a good layer 
of large white eggs. It is black in colour, with tight plumage that 
makes it look small. 
La BressEe 
In the Burgundy district of France this fowl finds its home. 
It is supposed to be an excellent layer of good white eggs, but the 
specimens I have seen laid small eggs, and only when they thought 
they would. It has a fine capacity for fattening and is an ideal 
table bird, excepting that it is not very large. It is bred in 
three colours, Black, White and Grey, and I have seen a Black one 
slowly become speckled like an Ancona. They are not good fora 
cold or damp climate. 
Tue Lecuorn 
It is doubtful if any bird was ever so popular as the White 
Leghorn among egg-farmers. Its reputation was never so high 
as now. It is an egg machine pure and simple, and can be bred in 
April to lay in September. Probably no bird will give the same 
return for money, since it becomes productive long before any other 
prolific fowl, and is not a big eater. It is a representative of the 
Mediterranean type, a non-sitter, full of energy and pluck, and has 
a carriage that suggests pride and gracefulness. The small bird, 
weighing from 3 to 4 Ib., is as a rule the best layer. The Dutch 
have a splendid variety, and the Australian White Leghorn is now 
cock of the walk as a record egg-layer, although recently the White 
Wyandotte, bred by an Englishman, in an American laying com- 
petition came so close to the Leghorn in its records that the position 
of the latter at the top of the tree is seriously challenged. 
The Leghorn, with its close, pure white plumage, is a most 
attractive bird, and seems to thrive well anywhere. The Black 
variety is better adapted for town life, and it is an almost equally 
good layer. There are also Brown, Blue and Buff varieties of 
