TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 425 



Fig. 444. Rose-Comb 

 Black Bantam hen 1 



Fig. 445. Rose-Comb Black 



Bantam cock. (Photograph 



by Graham) 



Rumpless, or tailless fowls. In the true rumpless the spine lacks 

 the normal number of vertebras, the terminal vertebra is deformed, 

 and the fleshy formation from which 

 the tail feathers 

 grow is wanting. 

 The feathers of the 

 saddle hang down 

 at the rear as at the 

 sides. The colors 

 are various. The de- 

 formity is not reg- 

 ularly reproduced, 

 but occurs in some 

 progeny. Many of 

 the rumpless fowls shown in exhibitions 

 factured, the part on which the tail fea 

 removed when the bird is very small. 



Frizzles have feathers curved outward 



at the ends. This freak feature may be 



established if desired, but few poultrymen 



are interested in it. The birds are only 



_ _. used as novelties 



in exhibitions. 



Silkies. In the 

 Silky fowls the 



web of the feather is hairlike. The plum- 

 age is generally white. The skin is " black." 

 They are believed to 

 have originated in 

 China or Japan, where 

 they are said to be 

 abundant. 

 Bantams. Dwarfs come occasionally in all 

 kinds of poultry, and there are references in 



' Photograph from owner, Grove Hill Poultry Yards, 

 Waltham, Massachusetts. 



2 Photograph from A. E. Blunck. 



^ Photograph from owner, Brook View Farm, New- 

 bury, Massachusetts. 



Fig. 447. Silver Sebright 

 Bantam cock^ 



Fig. 448. Silver 



Sebright Bantam 



cockerel^ 



