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variety is not admissible, as they not only show mixed blood, but are 
unsightly. 
XXI. Partridge Cochins. 
These are admirable fowls. Among the heaviest of the Asiatic breeds, 
attract attention wherever shown, from their round, full, plump forms, 
ielegant feathering and majestic carriage. Merely as specimen birds they ara 
objech i beauty. 
The head of the Partridge Cochin is a rich orange red. The hackle 
and saddle feathers the same, but each distinctly marked down the middle 
with a black stripe. The back, shoulder-coverts and wing are self colored, 
red and darker than the hackle ; the lower wing-coverts black, with 
greenish or blue reflections forming a “bar” across the wing; the pri- 
mary wing feathers black, edged brown or bay on the lower edges; 
secondaries bay on the outer edges and black ou the inner, each feather 
black on the « forming a black edge on upper side of the butts of the 
wings ; the breast, thighs, tail and leg feathers black and without other 
color ; the leg dusky yellow. The hen should have her hackle golden 
yellow, each feather striped black along the center, the rest of the 
plumage light brown, penciled with dark brown, the pencilings over the 
body should be dense, and the purer the brown the better. On the 
breast the pencilings should be crescent shaped. Legs dusky yellow, 
penciled brown as in the body. 
XXII. White Cochins. 
White Cochins should bo white, pure white all over. This purity in 
color is essential, since a yellow or other tinge detracts from the beauty 
of the bird. The cock should have a medium sized, straight, smooth, 
freely serrate comb, large, red, deaf ears, large wattles, red eye, strong, 
yellow beak and legs, and with plenty of feathers on the feet. This 
feathering should be characteristic of all Coehius, avoiding as far as 
possible any tendency to vulture hocks. Breed also to large stock, of 
good carriage, and you will have in the progeny as pretty a sight for 
fowls as could well appear, either in the farm-yard or on the grass. You will 
also have real value, for sucli fowls as these will always command a market. 
Their eggs are large and of good quality, and their flesh is sweet. 
The hen should be large; the head, beak, eye, deaf ears and wattles 
colored as in the cock. Avoid especially a grayish eye. It is supposed 
to show a tendency to blindness and a generally weak constitution. The 
body must be broad, the tail small, almost covered with the soft feather* 
about it. and with well feathered rumps and plenty of Huh. 
