44 POULTRY CULTURE 



Black. — A solid black in all surface color. 



Mottled. — The surface color is speckled, usually black and 

 white, the black predominating. 



Light. — Applied to a variety of Brahma which has similar 

 markings as the Colmnbian variety. 



Brown. — ^Applied to a variety of Leghorn. Male: Neck 

 hackle, saddle feathers black edged with red. Primary and 

 secondary wing feathers black with lower edge of lower web 

 red. Undercolor slate. Female: Neck similar to the male. 

 Tail mostly black and surface color brown, finely striped with 

 a darker brown. 



Red Pyle. — The front of neck, shoulders, wing coverts 

 and fronts, tail, coverts, and body of the male are white. The 

 back and wing bows are red. Neck hackle light orange. 

 The neck, wings, back, tail and body of female is white. The 

 neck feathers may be tinged with gold. Breast of female is 

 salmon. 



Blue. — Neck hackle of female and neck hackle, back, wing 

 bow, saddle and tail of the male are dark blue. The balance 

 of the surface color is a slaty-blue. 



Speckled. — Applied to a variety of Sussex in which the 

 plumage for the most part is a mahogany red, the feathers 

 being tipped with a barring of black and a tip bar of 

 white. 



Red. — The surface color for the most part is a cherry 

 red. 



Spangled. — The feathers are tipped with black. The bal- 

 ance of the feathers may be white or golden. 



Silver Gray. — Applied to a variety of Dorldng. The neck 

 hackle, back and saddle feathers of the male are a silvery 

 white. The breast, body, tail and wing bow of the male 

 are black. The neck hackle of the female is black edged with 

 silvery white. The balance of the surface color is gray with 

 silvery white lines, or stipple. 



Dark. — Applied 1o a variety of Cornish. Male: Hackle, 

 wing fronts and bars, tail, breast and body black. A mixture 

 of red and black in back and saddle. Female: neck similar 

 to male. Balance of surface mahogany with two or three 

 black lines conforming to the shape of the feather. 



