STANDARD VARIETIES OF CHICKENS. 
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Fig. 20.—Single Comb Ancona, female. 
The Ancona has a general body color of lustrous black with certain 
of the feathers throughout the plumage tipped with a V-shaped 
white tip. The proportion of feathers carrying such a white tip is 
one in five. The black top color of the male has a greenish sheen 
which is absent in the female. The main tail feathers and sickles of 
the male and the main tail feathers of the female are each tipped with 
white. The primary and secondary wing feathers also carry white 
tips. The undercolor is dark slate throughout. The legs and toes 
are yellow or yellow mottled with black, and the skin is yellow. 
The Single Comb Ancona (figs. 19 and 20) and the Rose Comb 
Ancona are identical in every respect except in the matter of comb. 
The single comb of both sexes is identical with that of the Single 
Comb Leghorn, while the rose comb is identical with Leghorn Rose 
Comb in the female, but in the male is slightly smaller.' 
