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POULTRY CULTURE 



Island and Connecticut, taking its name from Narragansett Bay. 

 In this variety the bronze and brown tints are largely eliminated 

 from the soft feathers, but combine with the black in the stiff 

 feathers of the wings and tail, while the colors of the bands at 

 the tips of the feathers are reversed, the wide bands being white 

 and the narrow one at the tip, black. The general effect is gray. 



Fig. 460. Narragansett Turkey cock 



The Black Turkey. This variety, though found occasionally in 

 America, has been developed principally in Europe. In Spain black 

 is said to be the predominant color. The black turkeys of Nor- 

 mandy still have an excellent reputation. In England the finest 

 specimens of the type were long grown in Norfolk, and in America 

 black turkeys are still sometimes called Norfolk Turkeys, but the 

 English race is said to be nearly extinct. Black color probably 



