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unusual to see males with quite large combs. The wattles corre- 

 spond in size with the comb. The ear lobes are red. The color of 

 the modern Buff Cochin, described as "golden buff," is between 

 the light and the intermediate shades of earlier times. In the eastern 

 United States the tendency of judges has been to favor a very 

 light buff, while farther west and in Canada a richer shade has been 

 preferred. In the male, the Partridge Cochin has the same colors 

 and pattern as the Brown Leghorn, but in the female the ground 

 is a uniform bay or mahogany red (varying in different specimens) 

 penciled with dark brown or black, the object being to secure uni- 

 formity of shade and clear, distinct penciling throughout. The main 

 tail feathers are black, the wing primaries dark brown. The black 

 and white varieties need not be described for color. 



For utility purposes the exhibition type of Cochin is of little 

 value. For many years after the stock in fanciers' hands had ceased 

 to be suitable for practical poultry keepers, there were here and 

 there throughout the country utility Cochins equal to (and pos- 

 sibly better than) the best of the early importations. It is possible 

 that a few such flocks still remain, but if so they are not known 

 beyond their own neighborhoods. 



Black Langshans . Black Asiatic fowls with single combs were 

 introduced to poultrymen as Langshans in the early seventies. 

 They came to England first, from the Langshan district in China. 

 The importer and promoter claimed for them distinct breed char- 

 acteristics plainly differentiating them from other Asiatic races. 

 High station, great depth of body, erect carriage of head and tail, 

 short plumage, scantily feathered feet, and white or gray skin, with 

 the legs and toes slatish and the soles of the feet a pinkish white, 

 gave enough breed characters, in the ordinary interpretation of 

 that term, to mark the Langshan as a separate breed. As the Lang- 

 shan began to attract notice. Black Cochins were adapted to Lang- 

 shan standards, some by introducing the blood of the new race, 

 others by selection toward the adopted Langshan type. In England, 

 between the advocates of the tall, Langshan type and the " Cochiny " 

 type, there has been continuous controversy down to the present 

 time. As a result those who bred away from the Cochin type pro- 

 duced an extremely tall, stilted type, without beauty and with little 

 utility value. In America the race is bred more on the lines of 



