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POULTRY CULTURE 



Fig. 350. Silver Duckwing Leghorn cock 



(Photograph from owner, Thomas Peer, 



Fairfield, New Jersey) 



females, the variety is 

 not well developed, and 

 females are said to be 

 often not distinguishable 

 from Brown Leghorns. 



Dominique Leghorns or 

 Cuckoo Leghorns (single- 

 comb) have the barred 

 pattern and gray colors 

 of the Barred Plymouth 

 Rock. This color pattern 

 is quite common in Italy. 

 The specimens which are 

 occasionally exhibited in 

 this country are probably 

 made by crosses of White 

 and Black Leghorns, or 

 of White Leghorns with 

 black or barred fowls. 



The Spanish section of the Mediterrajiean class. The Spanish 

 group includes five so-called breeds, — Castilian, Black Spanish, 

 Minorca, Andalusian, and Barbe- 

 zieux. Of these the first- and last- 

 named are bred only in Spain ; the 

 others in their modern form are 

 largely the result of English breed- 

 ing, though it appears that in one 

 case the development of particular 

 characters was begun on the conti- 

 nent side of the English Channel. 

 As already noted, the conspicuous 

 differences between the Spanish 

 and Italian races are color of skin 

 and legs, and the general Span- 

 ish preference for black plumage. 

 While designated as different 

 breeds, these Spanish fowls are T"' ^^'•„ f Tpw^'^^IS^'^" 



^ horn pullet. (Photograph from 



properly varieties of one breed. owner, Thomas Peer) 



