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feather closely penciled, with dark steel gray on a dingy white ground, 
and extending nearly up to the throat, on the breast. In carriage, tha 
hen is not so upright in carriage as the cock, and the legs are very considerably 
shorter. 
XXIV. Light Brahmas. 
Pure bred fowls are mostly white in color, on the outside, but if the 
Jeathers are parted, the under plumage is bluish-gray. This distinction 
is strongly marked as between the Light Brahmas and White Cochins, 
which latter are white to the roots. The head is of the same general 
shape as in the dark variety, and with pea combs ; the ear lobes and wat- 
tles are pure red ; the neck hackles are distinctly marked with a black 
stripe down to the center of each feather, on a white ground ; the quill 
feathers of the wings are black, but when folded the wings should show 
only white ; the tail should be black, tolerably upright, but opening out 
like a fan, and the within tail coverts reflecting a peculiar green hue in 
the sunlight ; the legs are yellow and well covered with white feathers, 
sometimes slightly mottled with black. The hen is colored like the cock, 
except that the plume may be somewhat darker, and the general appear- 
ance more sober in color. The tail should be black and smaller than that 
of the cock. 
XXV. Frizzled Fowls. 
One of the most curious of the Oriental breeds, and occasionally seen 
In the yards of amateurs and fanciers, aro the frizzled fowls originally 
brought from Java. Linnaeus named them Gallus pennis revolutis, or 
fowls with feathers rolled back. The color should be white, though they 
are also bred black and brown. They are certainly curious and interest- 
ing as showing freaks in breeding. So far as value, in comparison with 
•other breeds is concerned, it is nil. 
XXVI. Silkies. 
Far more ornamental in appearance, and really of some value, are 
what are known as Silkies. The best specimens are pure white, and 
have this peculiarity, the webs of the feathers lack cohesion and are fila- 
mentous, hence giving the silky appearance to the plumager • 
They are sometimes called negro fowls, from the fact that the skm ia 
of a dark violet color, almost black, and the comb and wattles often dark 
purple, low and flat and covered -with small warts. The bones are alsa 
covered with a dark membrane, which altogether makes this breed th® 
•most singular and interesting of the gallinaceous tribe. 
