P HE I LLUSTKA TED BOOK OF P OULTRY. 
the ground-colour. Two such feathers we have represented in Fig. 66, from specimens sent us 
some time since by Mr. E. C. Comcy, of Ouincy, Mass. The effect is rather peculiar, and gives 
Hackle. 
Breast. 
Flat of Wing. 
Cushion. 
Fig. 65. 
a sort of artificial appearance of gloss to the plumage, particularly on the cushion ; but it seems 
to us to destroy the uniform look which most fanciers seek, and we should prefer to have the 
feather coloured alike all over. There is no difficulty in breeding this white edge, if desired, as 
Breast. Flat of Wing. 
Fig. 66. 
traces of it are every now and then occurring in almost every yard, from which it can be easily 
perpetuated. 
The great point as regards colour and marking in Brahma pullets is, that whatever the colour 
be it should be uniform over the body, not patches of the clear grey in one place and brown 
