SPANISH FOWL. 15 



black. The thighs are neat but. long, as also is the shank, which 

 is of a leaden or dark blue color, and sometimes of a pale blue- 

 jfliite. The soles of the feet are of a dingy flesh-color; the tail 

 is rather erect and well balanced, presenting if well plumed (aa 

 it should be) a very elegant green hued shade. 



White Spanish. — These birds are not so hardy, but they 

 Inherit the usual qualities of the black; the general feathers, like 

 the face being perfectly white. 



Thb Ancona. — There is seldom much white about the face 

 of this variety, and in many cases none; the ear-lobes is, however, 

 of that color, though not so long and full as in the Black. They 

 possess the general characteristics of the Spanish class, and are 

 excellent layers. They are of a very unsettled color, spotted 

 with white but far from regularly marked; they also present many 

 other shades and colors. 



Hinoscas. — These are very similar to the last named variety, 

 wanting the white face of the Black tribe; the shank is not so 

 > long as in the true Black. They are good layers, but bad sitters 

 and mothers. 



Andalusiah. — When carefully selected, the chicks throw 

 black and white and if those most resembling the originals are 

 bred together, a neat grey bird may be obtained. They are good 

 layers, and £tr better sitters and mothers than the~.Blacks, and 

 have shorter shanks; whilst their principal peculiarity consists in 

 a tail standing very erect, the feathers of which in many spe- 

 cimens nearly touch the hackle-feathers of the neck. They are 

 a very hardy fowl, and possess a fair share of the Black's good 

 qualities. 



There are many other sub-varieties, or rather strains, that 

 have crossed with the Spanish -stock, but they neither deserve 

 nor possess a distinct name. 



