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FARMERS' BULLETIN 898. 
webs edged with brown. The secondaries also are black, the lower 
webs showing edges of brown. The tail, body, breast, fluff, and thighs 
are black. The shanks are yellow, while the toes may be yellow or a 
dusky yellow. The undercolor throughout is slate. 
In color the female has a golden yellow head which shows a tinge 
of dark brown. The hackle is golden yellow with a black stripe ex¬ 
tending down the middle of each feather as in the male, except that 
the stripe is broader and terminates in a rounder point. It is difficult 
to obtain females showing good hackles and at the same time good 
stippling, as the best-stippled females are likely to be weak in strip¬ 
ing. The back, body, tail coverts, wing bows, and coverts have a 
surface color of light brown, which is finely stippled with darker 
brown. The shade of color over the back, wing bows and coverts 
should be even and the feather free from shafting. The wing pri¬ 
maries are a slaty brown, with the outer webs showing a narrow 
Fid. •">. Rose Coinli White Leghorn, male. 
