TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 393 



Fig. 390. Light Brahma cockerel. (Photograph 



from owner, Frank C. Nutter, South Portland, 



Maine) 



the black-red to the black- 

 white type of coloration, 

 and still showing, in all 

 but a few rare specimens, 

 traces of brown or red 

 throughout the plumage. 

 The comb is an immaterial 

 point, for not only were 

 Brahmas at first produced 

 with both pea combs and 

 single combs, but also a 

 pea-combed variety of the 

 Partridge Cochin was rec- 

 ognized in the American 

 Standard as late as 1887. 

 The Dark Brahma of to- 

 day, without the extreme 

 heavy feathering of the 

 Cochin, is bred to the 

 same standards for weight, and is plainly an intermediate between 

 the Cochins and the Light Brahma. 



Light Brahma. Without prejudice to other varieties of its 

 general type the Light Brahma 

 may be described as (from the 

 American point of view) the 

 highest development of that 

 type. Exceeding its nearest of 

 kin in size, it is the largest 

 variety of the domestic fowl. 

 Its color pattern is the sim- 

 plest and at the same time 

 the most striking color combi- 

 nation found on fowls. While 

 its size and general appearance 

 (leaving the comb out of con- 

 sideration) connect it with the 



Cochins, it is probable that p,^ 3^^ Light Brahma pullet. (Photo- 

 the comb came from an Aseel graph from owner, Frank C. Nutter) 



