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The Australasian Book of Poultry. 
and inspected many that were bred here from imported birds. The cock should be white throughout the 
body feathers; the tail, bright greenish-black ; the sickle feathers and tail coverts, black, with a clear and very 
distinct edging of white right round the feather, the sickles being long and extremely pointed. The legs and 
beak in both sexes should be bright yellow ; the comb (single and erect), face, wattles, and ear-lobes, bright 
red. The underneath portions of the secondary wing-feathers are black, and the primaries black. The legs 
are entirely hidden by the body in both sexes, giving them the appearance of squatting on the ground, the 
tips of the toes in good specimens alone being visible. The hen to match is similar in shape and markings, 
markings, making allowance for difference in sex. The carriage of the tail in both sexes is perfectly upright, 
the tips much higher than the head. Next to these are the Blacks, which are identical in shape and head 
points, the whole plumage in both sexes being of the brightest beetle-green colour. 
Frizzled Bantams are bred in a large variety of colours, their pecularity being that the whole of the 
feathers are curled upwards and forwards, no Standard as to comb being fixed, though indisputably 
uniformity should be recognised in this point as in other Fancy varieties. Of the various colours which are 
at times exhibited the Whites are the most attractive, but, whatever colour is shown, the legs and beaks 
should match the plumage. 
Nankin Bantams are one of the very earliest varieties of the Bantam family exhibited. They have 
various combs, and differ to a great extent in the colour of the legs. The proper colour of the Nankin cock 
is dark cinnamon throughout, with the exception of the tail and wing-flights, the former often being bronzy- 
black, the latter invariably black. The hen is a clear buff in body colour ; the hackle should be as free as 
possible from ticking of black. The tail of the hen is more or less of a bronzy-black, the primaries being 
dark, also the under side of secondaries. The hens of this variety are good layers of fairly large eggs, good 
sitters and mothers, and, being of such a quiet disposition, make pretty and attractive, and at the same time 
fairly remunerative, pets about the Poultry yard. 
Schedule for Judging Variety Bantams. 
In Judging all of the Bantam breeds, a one-fifth scale should be used of the large breeds, and on this 
scale we give a standard weight for cock and cockerel and hen or pullet, where it is practicable to estimate 
the same. In any case they should not exceed the weights stated beyond an ounce or two at most, though 
they may be slightly less, but in the latter instance much risk is attached to the birds being bred so small 
that they become useless for the reproduction of their species. 
Schedule for Judging Rose-come Bantams. 
General Characteristics of the Cock. 
Comb. — Rose, broad at front, full of points or work on top, finishing off with a neat spike or leader 
behind, the spike pointing slightly upwards ; Head, short, and fairly broad ; Beak, short, and slightly curved ; 
Eyes, full ; Face, smooth ; F^ar-lobes, flat, smooth, and as round as possible ; Wattles, round, and fine in 
quality : Neck, short and slightly arched, the feathers long and flowing, spreading well over the back ; Back, 
fairly long and broad, the saddle hackles abundant ; Tail, large, well spread out, fairly upright, well furnished 
with broad, long sickles and secondary sickles ; Wings, large, and carried in a slightly drooping position ; 
Breast, broad, full, and prominent ; Thighs, short ; Legs, short and slender ; Feet, small, the toes perfectly 
straight, well spread out, and slender ; General Shape and Carriage, smart, compact, active and graceful, 
nervous and tremulous ; Weight, cockerel, i lb. ; cock, i lb. 4 oz. 
General Characteristics of the Hen. 
The hen should resemble the cock in all points, making allowance for difference in sex. Weight. — 
Pullets, 14 oz. ; hens, i lb. 2 oz. 
Colour Points in Black Rose-Comb Bantams — Cock and Hen. 
Comb, Face, and Wattles. — Bright, rich red. 
Ear-lobes.— 
