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males with the black of the breast and body more or less marked or tinged 

 with red, and females with a superabundance of black. It was found that 

 for the regular production of males with colors distinctly separated, females in 

 which the tendency was strong must be 

 used, and for the regular production of 

 females with the colors distributed uni- 

 formly as to sections, and separated on 

 feathers, males in which that tendency 

 was strong must be used. It was found 

 also that the external indications (the 

 indications in the plumage itself) of 

 color-breeding tendencies were usually 



Ik,. ;i6. SiTigle-CombeiJ Brown 

 l.c-j^liorn htn ' 



Fig. 515. Single-Combed Brown 

 Leghorn hen ' 



plain. A Brown Leghorn or Partridge 

 Cochin male showing traces of brown all 

 through the black of his breast and body 

 was likely to breed, when mated with a 

 Standard-colored female of his kind, 

 pullets of the correct shade and mark- 

 ings ; mated with darker females, he 

 might produce some males with black 

 breast and body and some females of 

 his own type and tendency, but results 

 were too often disappointing. Similarly, 



the finest males of the approved color type were found to reproduce that type 

 best when mated with females with the same tendency to black body color. 



1 Owned by Grove Hill Poultry Yards, Waltham, Massachusetts. Photographs 

 by Schilling. The bird in Fig. 516 is the daughter of the one in Fig. 514 ; that in 

 Fig. 515 is the granddaughter of the one in Fig. 516. The bird in Fig. 517 is in 

 the same line of breeding, — a very large hen, weighing 6^ pounds, yet of good 

 shape and style. 



Fig. 517. Single-Combed Brown 

 Leghorn hen 1 



