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farmers’ BULLETIN 898. 
BREEDS AND VARIETIES. 
The Mediterranean class includes 
and varieties: 
the following standard breeds 
Breeds. Varieties. 
Leghorn-Single Comb Brown. 
Rose Comb Brown. 
Single Comb White. 
Rose Comb White. 
Single Comb Buff. 
Rose Comb Buff. 
Single Comb Black. 
Silver. 
Red Pyle. 
The Continental class includes 
varieties. 
Breed. 
Campine _ 
Breeds. Varieties. 
Minorca _ Single Comb Black. 
Rose Comb Black. 
Single Comb White. 
Rose Comb White. 
Single Comb Buff. 
Spanish - White Faced Black. 
Blue Andalusian. 
Ancona _ Single Comb. 
Rose Comb. 
the following standard breed and 
Varieties. 
-Silver. 
Golden. 
In describing these breeds and varieties it is the intention to give 
only a general statement of their appearance and characteristics. 
For a description sufficiently detailed to enable one to breed exhibi¬ 
tion specimens it will be necessary to refer to the American Standard 
of Perfection, a book published by the American Poultry Association, 
which is the guide by which all the poultry shows in the United 
States are judged. 
LEGHORN. 
The Leghorn for years has been a widely known breed in the 
United States. Leghorns were brought into this country from Italy. 
The first varieties imported were the Single Comb Brown and the 
Single Comb White. There is every indication that this breed 
originated in Italy, where fowls of a similar type have been kept 
for many years. The breed is noted for its alertness, its stylishness 
of carriage, and the graceful blending of its different sections. In 
general the breed may be described as a rather small, comparatively 
long-backed chicken, with moderately low-carried, well-furnished, 
and well-spread tail, and with a long, sweeping curve of neck, back, 
and tail. These birds have comparatively long shanks, are well up 
on legs, showing the hock and a part of the thigh. The body should 
be nicely curved throughout and the breast quite prominent. All 
the Leghorns have yellow skin and yellow shanks. 
All the varieties of Leghorns are identical in size and type, differ¬ 
ing only in kind of comb and in color. Idle single comb in the male 
should be of medium size and should stand erect, with five regular 
deeply serrated points. The blade of the comb should extend straight 
out from the back of the head, and should not follow the curve of 
