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medium size. The legs, toes, and skin are white, which, of course, 
counts against it somewhat in the United States as a market fowl. 
The hens of this breed lay brown or tinted eggs. 
The Sussex has not been very well known in this country until 
recently, but in the last few years it has gained considerable favor 
here and is now found on numerous farms throughout the United 
States. The legs are clean or free from feathers. The standard 
weights for this breed are, cock 9 pounds, hen 7 pounds, cockerel IS 
pounds, pullet 6 pounds. 
Fig. 22.—Speckled Sussex female. 
Speckled Sussex.—Idle Speckled Sussex male has a brown or red¬ 
dish brown hackle and back, each feather striped with black and 
terminating in a white tip. The primary feathers of the wing are 
black and white, while the secondaries are red and black edged with 
white and ending with a white spangle. The main tail feathers are 
black and white, while the sickles and coverts are black tipped with 
white. The rest of the plumage is brown or reddish brown, each 
feather ending in a white tip which is separated from the rest of 
the feather by a black bar. 
The primary and secondary feathers of the female are similar to 
those of the male, while the main tail feathers are black with brown 
