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feathers, and the carriage in all the varieties graceful, majestic, prompt 
and easy. 
XX. Buff Cochins. 
There are several varieties, in color buff, lemon, and cinnamon, the re- 
sult of peculiar crosses and breeding. The buff is the true type of the 
colored sorts, and for utility we think the best. The cock should be up- 
right and strong in his carriage ; breast broad, not full, but forming a 
nearly straight line between the crop and thighs ; back short and wide ; 
tail only slightly raised ; legs strong and with great thighs and saddles. 
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The head is small, for so long a bird; the beak yellow, stout, short* 
curved, and strong at the base ; comb single, not large, and with rather 
small wattles, florid, thin and fine; the ear lobes well developed, long, 
thin, fine, and entirely without white. The eye of the cock should be of 
an ochre-yellow color, and in the hen a darker hue. The hackle of the 
cock should be full, spreading over the thighs, and of a light bay color. 
