STANDARD VARIETIES OF CHICKENS. 
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table purposes. This breed is not very commonly found at the present 
time. The standard weights are: Cock, 9^ pounds; hen, pounds; 
cockerel, 8 pounds; pullet, 6i pounds. 
There are two varieties of Javas, the Black and the Mottled. The 
color of the Black Java is black throughout, with a greenish sheen on 
the surface plumage. Purple barring is undesirable. In the Mottled 
Java the plumage is a mottled black and white throughout, the black 
being more plentiful than the white. The undercolor of the Mottled 
Java is slaty. 
Fig. 11.—Dominique, female. 
THE DOMINIQUE. 
The Dominique (figs. 10 and 11) is also one of the oldest of the 
American breeds. The Dominique color is associated in the minds of 
people throughout the country with the barnyard fowl and is fre¬ 
quently confused with the Barred Plymouth Rock color. The Domi¬ 
nique is somewhat smaller and somewhat slighter in body, with a tail 
somewhat longer and sickles more prominent, than the other Amer¬ 
ican breeds. This breed has a rose comb and yellow legs and skin. 
The hens lay brown-shelled eggs and are good table fowls, although 
somewhat smaller than the other general-purpose breeds. The stand- 
