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continent for centuries. Polish are as large as medium-large Leg- 

 horns, but are of plumper form and shorter in the leg. In dis- 

 position they are quiet and gentle. The crest, when extremely 

 large, obstructs the sight and is in other ways a burden and a 

 nuisance, making it necessary to give the birds special care in 

 wet weather. When moderately developed, it is not detrimental 

 and, to eyes to which the symmetry of the bird as a whole seems 

 more important than the extreme development of this feature, 



may seem quite as handsome 

 as the larger crest. Like the 

 Hamburgs, Polish were in favor 

 as layers until supplanted by 

 the Leghorns. The American 

 Standard recognizes five color 

 varieties, in three of which 

 there are subvarieties distin- 

 guished as bearded or non- 

 bearded. 



White-Crested Black (non- 

 bearded), fully described as to 

 color by the name. 



Golden (bearded and non- 

 bearded), plumage golden bay, 

 each feather laced with black. 

 Silver (bearded and non- 

 bearded), plumage white, each 

 feather laced with black. 

 Biijf Laced (nonbearded), plumage buff laced with white. 

 White (bearded and nonbearded). 



Polvcrara is the name of a crested race (allied to Polish) found 

 in the province of Padua, Italy, which is probably an offshoot of 

 the main stock. This race seems to have been somewhat widely 

 known long before the Leghorns attracted notice. The name 

 "Padua" was often applied to Polish fowls and is the general 

 name still given them in western continental Europe. 



European meat types. The European market types of fowls 

 might, perhaps, with equal accuracy be called general-purpose types, 

 but so much more attention has been given to perfecting table 



Fig. 370. White-Crested Black Polish 

 (Photograph from owner, Lionel Lin- 

 coln, Jr., Fall River, Massachusetts) 



