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Fig. 337. Red-Laced Cornish Indian Game cock. (Pho- 

 tograph from owner, W. H. Card, Bristol, Connecticut) 



the black-red color 

 type, the males 

 black and red in 

 hackle, back, and 

 saddle, and the fe- 

 males a mahogany 

 bay penciled with 

 black. The white 

 variety have all- 

 white plumage. 

 The red-laced have 

 plumage of white 

 ground, edged with 

 dark buff or red. 

 The Indian Game 

 is a mixture of 

 game types from 

 Asia and Europe. 



The white and the red-laced varieties were made in America. 



The Malay Game is entirely of Asiatic origin. Whether the 

 type was developed directly by selection from other Asiatic games, 

 or by mixture with Asiatic 

 types other than game, is not 

 known. It is taller and less 

 compactly built than the Indian 

 Game, suggesting alliance with 

 Cochins and Brahmas of the 

 type first brought to America. 

 American Standard weights are 

 cock, 9 pounds ; cockerel, 7 

 pounds ; hen, 7 pounds ; pullet, 

 5 pounds. The full-grown male 

 of standard weight should be 

 26 inches high ; the female, 

 18 inches. Malays are rarely 

 seen in this country. Their 

 principal interest to the stu- 

 dent is in the suggestion of 



Fig. 338. Red-Laced Cornish Indian 



Game hen. (Photograph from owner, 



W. H. Card) 



