420 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ November 2, 1882. 
Breast. —White. 
Bade .—Pure white with or without grey underfeather. 
Wing Bolt ).— Silvery white. Primaries .—Black or black edged 
with white. Secondaries .—White on outside web, black on inside web. 
Tail. —Black. 
Tail Coverts .—Black laced with white. 
Thighs (including hocks).—Clear white. 
Fluff .—White on surface, but may be grey in the underpart. 
Legs. —Orange-yellow. 
Leg Feather .—White or black and white mixed. 
DARK BRAHMAS. 
Numerical Yalue of Points.—Cock. 
Points to be deducted for defects. 
Bad head . 3 
Defective comb . 6 
Scanty hackle . 4 
Want of cushion. 5 
Want of fluff . 4 
Defective leg feather. 6 
Bad shape or carriage of tail . 3 
Splashes of white in tail . 6 
Primaries out of order . 6 
Pale legs . 2 
Curved toes . 3 
Stain of white in deaf ear. 2 
Breast patched or splashed with white. 7 
Impure colour of white. 8 
Want of stripe in haclde . 5 
Other defects of colour. 6 
Want of size. 10 
Defects of symmetry or carriage . 10 
Want of condition. 5 
100 
A perfect bird to count 100 points. 
Disqualifications.—Cock. 
Trimming or dyeing of any kind ; comb other than pea; twisted 
hackle ; vulture hock accompanied with scanty foot feather (?); total 
absence of leg feather ; deformity of any kind; twisted wing feathers ; 
white legs ; much red or yellow in plumage ; great want of size in 
adults ; total want of condition ; much white in tail; if shown with 
a hen, birds not matching fairly well. 
Numerical Value of Points.—Hen. 
Points to be deducted for defects. 
Bad head . 4 
Defective comb . 4 
Scanty hackle. 4 
Want of cushion. 6 
Want of fluff . 4 
Defective leg feather. 7 
Bad shape or carriage of tail . 3 
Pale legs . 2 
Curved toes. 3 
Stain of white in deaf ear. 2 
Streaky breast. 8 
Want of clearness and evenness in ground colour . 8 
White in foot feather. 3 
Shank feather not pencilled as the body. 3 
Want of uniformity in pencilling. 10 
Other faults of colour... 4 
Want of size. 10 
Defects of symmetry or carriage . 10 
Want of condition. 5 
100 
A perfect bird to count 100 points. 
Disqualifications.—Hen. 
Trimming or dyeing of any kind ; comb other than pea ; twisted 
hackle; vulture hock accompanied with scanty foot feather ; total 
absence of feather ; deformity of any kind ; twisted wing feathers ; 
white legs ; utter want of pencilling ; patches of brown or red ; great 
want of size in adults ; total want of condition ; if shown together, 
birds not matching fairly well. 
LIGHT BRAHMAS. 
Numerical Value of Points.—Cock. 
Points to be deducted for defects. 
Bad head . 3 
Defective comb . 6 
Scanty hackle. 4 
Want of cushion. 5 
Want of fluff . 4 
Defective leg feather. 6 
Bad shape or carriage of tail . 3 
Splashes of white in tall. 6 
Primaries out of order . 6 
Pale legs . 2 
Curved toes. 2 
Stain of white in deaf ear . 2 
Black in breast . 4 
Black in fluff . 3 
Impure colour of white. 8 
Want of stripe in hackle. 5 
Striping on saddle. 2 
Other defects of colour. 4 
Want of size. 10 
Defects of symmetry or carriage . 10 
Want of condition. 5 
100 
A perfect bird to count 100 points. 
Disqualifications.—Cock. 
Trimming or dyeing of any kind ; comb other than pea ; deformity 
of any kind ; twisted hackle ; vulture hock accompanied with scanty 
foot feather; total absence of leg feather; twisted wing feathers ; 
white legs ; buff on any part of plumage; great want of size in adults ; 
total want of condition ; if shown with a hen, birds not matching 
fairly well. 
Numerical Value of Points.—Hen. 
Points to be deducted for defects. 
Bad head . 4 
Bad comb. 4 
Scanty hackle. 4 
Want of cushion. 8 
Want of fluff . 4 
Defective leg feather. 7 
Bad shape or carriage of tail . 3 
Pale legs . 2 
Curved toes. 3 
Stain of white in deaf ear . 2 
Cloudy, pale, or streaky hackles. 10 
Black splashes. 10 
Impure white . 10 
Other faults of colour . 6 
Want of size. 10 
Defects of symmetry or carriage . 10 
Want of condition. 5 
100 
A perfect bird to count 100 points. 
Disqualifications.—Hen. 
Trimming or dyeing of any kind; comb other than pea; twisted 
hackle; vulture hock accompanied with scanty foot feather ; total 
absence of feather ; deformity of any kind ; twisted wing feathers ; 
white legs ; buff on any part of plumage ; great want of size in 
adults ; total want of condition ; if shown together, birds not match¬ 
ing fairly well. 
COCHINS. 
General Characteristics.—Cock. 
Beale. —Short and stout at base, tapering to the point and slightly 
curved. 
Comb. —Single, rather small, fine in texture, perfectly straight and 
upright, evenly serrated, free from side sprigs, and symmetrically 
curved from base of the beak to the back of the head. 
Bead. —Rather small, and neat in proportion to the size of the bird. 
Eye. —Bright and expressive. 
Deaf Ear. —Well developed, and fine in texture, hanging nearly as 
low as the wattles. 
Wattles. —Rather long, fine in texture, and neatly rounded at the 
bottom. 
Face. —Smooth and fine in texture. 
Neele. —Short, well curved, carried rather forward, and abundantly 
covered with long hackle feathers, which should reach well on to 
the back. 
Breast .—Very broad, deep, full and rounded in appearance. 
Bade .—Short and broad, rising towards the tail, and well furnished 
with saddle feathers, which should be soft and long. 
Wings. —Small, the primaries tightly clipped up under the second¬ 
aries ; the whole carried close to the body. The end hidden by the 
saddle. 
Tail. —Small and full, rising slightly from the saddle; free from 
sickle feather. 
Tail Coverts. —Soft and abundant, curving over and nearly covering 
tail. 
Thighs. —Short, thick, and wide apart; abundantly covered with 
soft feathers. 
Hodes. —Completely covered with soft feathers, which should curl 
round the joint and stand well out. Stiff feathers called “vulture 
hocks ” objectionable, but not a disqualification. 
Fluff .—Very full, abundant, and soft, standing out so as almost to 
hide the thighs. 
Legs and Leg Feather. —Legs short, thick, and heavily feathered on 
the outside. The feathers should stand well out from the leg. 
Toes. —Strong and straight; the middle and outer toe well feathered 
to the end. 
General Shape and Carriage .—Broad, deep, massive, and rounded 
in appearance ; the carriage bold, the head carried rather forward, 
and the forepart of the body rather low. 
General Characteristics.—Hen. 
Beale. —Short and stout at base, tapering to the point, and slightly 
curved. 
Comb. —Small, single, stra’ght, evenly serrated, and fine in texture. 
