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under-parts ; the sickles, tail coverts, and wing-bars, the brightest beetle-green ; the neck and saddle 
hackles, bright golden, each feather distinctly striped in the centre with solid black. The head and top 
portion of the hackle runs a trifle darker or deeper in colour than at the points. The shoulder butts, black ; 
the. wing-bows, shoulder coverts, and back, a deep crimson ; the flight coverts or secondaiies, bright bay or 
chestnut. The shank and foot feathering should be a sound, solid black, free from rusty, grey, or white 
feathers ; the legs and feet, yellow. The hen should be a clear, light golden-brown ground colour throughout 
the breast, body, wings, and leg and foot feathering, and each feather evenly laced, one lacing inside the 
other, with fine pencilling of black or very dark brown ; the greenish-black pencilling, however, looks far the 
best. The head and hackle feathers are pale golden, each feather clearly and evenly striped down the centre 
with black. In breeding the Partridge Bantam to Show requirements, it is positively necessary to mate up 
separate breeding pens to produce the different sexes. To breed cockerels, a cock should be selected which 
excels in Standard points mated with hens light but very bright in hackle, with quiet-coloured bodies, and 
lightly laced on wings and feet ; but, to breed puUets, a bird perfect in shape and with full feathering, but 
off-coloured, that is, rusty throughout and very heavily striped in hackles, should be mated with hens of the 
perfect Standard for the Show pen, and may be relied upon to produce just what is required in the Show 
pullets. 
White Pckin or Cochin Bantams are similar in shape, head points, etc., to the former varieties, but the 
plumage should be as the name implies — pure spotless white throughout. The best chickens can be selected 
when first hatched, by picking out those which are o{ 2i greyish or sooty shade ; those which yellowish 
invariably turn out yellow when they become adults. The great difficulty is to retain the white plumage for 
any length of time, which becomes tanned by the sun, so that ample shade must be provided if White Pekin 
Bantams are intended for the Show pen. 
The Brahma Bantams are bred in two colours, as in the large varieties, viz.. Light and Dark. Taking 
the Light variety first, the both sexes should have comb, face, eyes, wattles, and ear-lobes bright red, the 
comb being neat and close-fitting, and known as triple or pea. The shanks, toes, and beak should be bright 
yellow. The cock's head and hackle should be pure white, the lower part of the hackle distinctly striped 
with black ; the breast and under-parts, shoulders, wings, and back, white ; the feathers white to the roots, 
though at times the fluff is more or less dark. This is not objected to unless it shows through the feather. 
The saddle hackles should be lightly but evenly striped with black ; the leg-feathering should be as white as 
possible on the surface, but the under-parts of the feathers on legs and toes should be black. The under 
portion of the primaries and secondaries should be black ; this is hidden when the wing is closed. The tail 
should be black, the top outer feathers and sickles edged all round with a narrow stripe of white. 
The hen should be well streaked in hackle with black, the tail being black, with white edging to the 
upper feathers. The head and whole surface feather of the body should be white ; the wing primaries are 
black, the under side of the secondaries also being black ; the shanks and toes abundantly covered with 
feathers, chiefly white, but what black is noticeable should be very distinct. In carriage they should resemble 
the typical Light Brahma, but a little more jaunty-looking. 
To breed Exhibition cockerels and pullets of this variety also necessitates the mating-up of two distinct 
pens. To breed cockerels, a Standard-coloured cock or cockerel should be selected, mating him with hens 
or pullets as white in body as possible, and if only lightly marked in hackle so much the better. To breed 
pullets, quite a different stamp of bird in colour will be required ; in fact, a light or washed-out bird is best, 
that is, a bird wanting the distinct striping in hackle and saddle, mated with the very darkest-hackled and 
black-tailed hens with white body and wings it is possible to obtain. A large proportion of the pullets thus 
bred will be right up to Standard requirements. 
Dark Brahma Bantams should be a replica, on a one-fifth scale, of the larger variety ; and, in both 
sexes the comb and head points should be similar to the Lights, except that the beak is horn colour. The 
cock's head should be silvery-white, the neck hackle white, clearly and boldly striped with black, the stripes 
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