Standard Varieties of Chickens. 
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over the hackle, back, saddle, sickle feathers, and tail coverts. The 
rest of the plumage is a slaty blue which shows a well-defined lacing 
of darker blue. In the female the general plumage color is a slaty 
blue of even shade, each feather having a clear, well-defined, narrow 
lacing of darker blue. The neck of the female has a decidedly darker 
cast of plumage than the rest of the body. The undercolor in both 
sexes is slaty blue throughout, and the legs and toes are leaden blue. 
CORNISH. 
The Cornish fowl is very distinct in type from the other breeds of 
the English class. It has a rather small pea comb. The plumage is 
short, hard, close, and very lustrous. The bones of the shank are very 
heavy; the thigh is heavy and thickly muscled; the breast is very deep 
and broad and the back very broad across the shoulders. The legs 
are set very wide apart, giving plenty of room for the deep, broad 
breast. This breed shows a very upright carriage with high shoulders 
sloping back, and a low, scanty tail. The hens of this breed lay brown- 
shelled eggs, but are not generally considered especially good layers. 
The Cornish is noted mostly for its meat-carrying capacity, but is 
not commonly found on farms in the United States. The legs and toes 
