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(1) Plumage, glossy black La Fleche 



Breed No. 4. — Favnerolles: Single comb and with beard and muffs. Cock, 8 lbs.; 

 hen, 6yi lbs. 



(1) Colors, salmon, brown, and black Salmon Faverolles 



Class VIII. Continental: Egg breeds, active, productive. 

 Breed No. 1. — Campines: Long body, full breast, single comb. Cock, 6 lbs.; hen, 4 lbs. 

 Varieties: 



(1) Greenish-black barred with white Silver Campines 



(2) Greenish-black barred with golden bay : . , .Golden Campines 



Class IX. Gaines and Game Bantams: Comprise two breeds and 

 sixteen varieties. 



Class X. Orientals, including Black Sumatras and Malays, three 

 breeds and three varieties. 



Class XI. Ornamental Bantams, eight breeds and nineteen varieties. 



Class XII. Miscellaneous Breeds, including Silkies, Sultans and 

 Frizzles. 



Class XIII. Ducks. 



Breeds Varieties 



Pekin White 



Aylesbury White 



Rouen Colored 



Cayuga v Black. 



Call Gray 



Call White 



East India • • Black 



Muscovy Colored 



Muscovy White 



Swedish Blue 



Buff Buff 



Crested White 



Runner Fawn and White 



Runner • White 



Runner Penciled 



Class XIV. Geese. 



Breeds Varieties 



• Toulouse Gray 



Emden White 



African African 



Chinese Brown 



Chinese White 



Wild tiray 



Egyptian Colored 



Class XV. Turkeys. 



Breed Varieties 



[Bronze 

 1 Narragansett 



Turkeys ■( White Holland 



I Black 

 I Slate 

 (.Bourbon Red 



Every breed in this remarkable list has a history. It may 

 be that all chickens hark back to a common ancestry, and the 

 same may be true of ducks, geese and turkeys. Under the 

 laws of selection (natural or artificial), variation, and pre- 

 potency original characters have been changed and by in- 

 breeding new types have been established. Much of the past 



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