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Standard Varieties of Chickens. 
toes, and skin are white. The shanks and the outer toes are sparsely 
feathered. The hens of this breed lay brown or tinted eggs. 
Salmon Faverolles.—The only variety of the Faverolles which is 
standard in this country is the Salmon. The Salmon Faverolles male 
has a straw-colored hackle and saddle, the feathers of the back being 
reddish brown with a lighter shade of brown on the outside and 
black at that portion of the feather which is next to the undercolor. 
The wingbows are straw colored and the rest of the wing black and 
white. The rest of the plumage is black, including the beard and 
muffs. In the female the top color is a salmon brown, while the rest 
of the body color is cream. The undercolor of both sexes is slate 
throughout. 
