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THE SEABRIGHT BANTAMS, GOLDEN AND SILVER. 



Breeding and Mating Seabright Bantams. 



By M. K.. Miller, Pottstown, Pa. 



The breeding of either Golden or Silver Seabrights is not a 

 game of chance, but a business with uncertainties enough to 

 make it interesting and very often disappointing. To hold your 

 own, great care in mating must be exercised. Many who are 

 breeding one or the other of these varieties can see only one of 

 the many desired qualities and mate for that one point alone. 

 Visit a breeder and it will be a very easy matter to see what 



Seabright Bantams. 



his hobby is regarding the breed. He will often overlook all 

 other points except that particular one. Many lose sight of Sea- 

 bright shape entirely while striving for lacing ; others are looking 

 for a clear, cloudless tail, consequently the all around specimen 

 is entirely overlooked for the bird good in that one section. Of 

 the two varieties it is very hard to tell which is the most popular. 

 The only difference in the two varieties is the body color; that 

 of the Golden being a rich golden and that of ^he Silver a silvery 

 white; each feather should be laced all around with a narrow 

 lacing of glossy black. Many Seabrights have -narrow lacing 

 up the side of the feather, and quite wide on the end, or it may 

 be too wide aroupd the entire feather. The latter is prffffab}^ 



