Brahmas. 
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points The whole of the surface body colour should be pure white, the under-feather being grey to the 
skin ; the wing primaries or flights, black. The tail should also be black, with the exception of the two top 
outer feathers, which should be black, edged right round with silvery white. She should be similar to the 
cock in colour of beak and shanks. 
R^roduced from " Tegetmeiefe Poultry Book." 
Light Brahmas of 1867. 
In breeding this variety to feather points, the chief difficulty is to produce a sufficient proportion of 
black striping in the hackle feathers without black appearing throughout the body — just where not required. 
To breed cockerels up to Standard requirements, a cock should be chosen who has the striping in the neck 
hackles clearly and solidly defined, and if well striped in the saddle hackles so much the better. A bird of this 
Fjg. 58.— Dark Hackle Feather of Fig. 59.— Perfect Hackle Feather of 
Light Brahma Pullet. Light Brahma Pullet. 
description should be mated with hens light or washed out in the colour of the hackle, and pure white bodied 
throughout, with the exception of the tail. This is almost certain to produce a very large proportion of 
Standard marked cockerels (if the stock birds are well bred) ; but the pullets are almost certain to be more or 
less faulty in colour of back and cushion. The colour of the under-fluff of the feathers in this variety is most 
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