-BBAHMA ro\iri-. t 



In color, the light Brahmas are characterized by the general 

 white color of the body, breast and thigfhs. The neok-haokle 

 Bhould be marked with a distinct black stripe down the centre 

 of each feather; there is a teudoncy in the cook to come light or 

 cloiidy ill the hackle — ^defects which very greatly detract from 

 their beauty. The saddle-feathers In the cock are. white or light- 

 ly stoiped with black, those of the hen being white. The first 

 ten flighl^feathers are black, but the secondary quills, which 

 alone are visible when the wing is closed, are white on the outer 

 web, consequently the dark color of the wiag is not visible when, 

 folded. In the cook the tail is'blaok, the tail-coverts being beau- 

 tifully glossed with green, the lower ones being margined with 



LIGHT BHAHMA COCK. 



silver, as are the two highest tail-feathers in the hen. The shanks 

 in ttds variety should be bright yellow, , well closed with : white 

 feathers slightly mottled with black. 



