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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
should be red-brown, shoulder sometimes orange-red. The comb and 
face must be dark purple, the beak dark ; wing butts dark red or brown, 
with dark talons ; hackle with dark stripes ; thighs lik e the breast ; tail 
a dark greenish black | the wing crossed with a glossy, green-hued bar. 
The plumage of the hen should be very dark brown penciled with light 
brown ; neck hackle dark, golden, copper-red, thickly striped with dark 
feathers ; comb and face much darker than that of the cock. When the 
tail feathers are spurred and show a slight curve, it is considered indic*- 
tive of strong blood. 
Slack Ham bubo He*. 
This magnificent strain S^hich hafl been bred in great purity in England 
Jtor over a century, are Daw-eyed, that is the eye is gray like that of the 
Jackdaw. They have a round, well knit body, on long, strong legs, with 
white feet and clawB { the head is long, the bill lance-shaped and elegant* 
the face bright red, with small comb and wattles red 5 back intense 
brown-red ; lesser wing coverts maroon colored ; greater wing covert* 
marked at the extremity with steel-blue forming a bar across the wings 2 
primary wing feathers bay ; tail irridescent black ; hackle well feathered, 
touching the shoulders ; wings large and well quilled ; back short ; breast 
round and black ; tail long and sickled. being well tufted at the root-* 
