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GAME BANTAMS. 
Game Bantams are diminutive representatives of the Exhibition 
Games. The color of plumage, markings, and shape must correspond 
with these features in the Game which bears its name, the diminutive 
size being the only distinguishing feature between the two. The cocks 
average 22 ounces in weight, the hens 20 ounces. The Malay Bantams 
average 2 ounces heavier. 
SEBRIGHT BANTAMS. 
Bantams are purely ornamental poultry and are kept for pleasure 
exclusively, though some contend they are profitable for eggs and table. 
This is hardly reasonable to suppose, as their diminutive size and small 
eggs would hardly pay for their keep other than for fancy purposes. 
The Golden and Silver 
Sebright Bantams were 
originated in the early 
part of the present cen¬ 
tury by crossing a com¬ 
mon Bantam with a 
Polish fowl and breed¬ 
ing the cross to a hen- 
feathered Bantam. After 
many years of successful 
breeding beautiful birds 
have been produced 
which breed true to type. 
The plumage of the bird 
is rich golden yellow in 
the Golden variety, and 
silvery white in the Silver 
variety. The feathers of 
each variety are distinctly laced with a narrow edging of black. The 
head is small and surmounted by a bright red rose comb; the neck is 
well arched and hen-featliered; the back is short and free from saddle 
feathers; the breast is round and full and the body compact; the wings 
are large and carried so low as almost to cover the hocks; the thighs 
are short, and the shanks and toes slate color. The cocks weigh from 
24 to 20 ounces, the hens about 20 ounces. 
Fig. 39.—Pair of Bed Pyle Games. 
ROSE-COMB BANTAMS. 
Pose-comb Bantams are miniature Hamburg's. There are two 
varieties—the Black and the White. The cocks have a small, round 
head; a short and slightly curved beak; large, prominent, bright eyes; 
rose comb, square in front, fUting firmly on the head, evenly corrugated 
on the upper surface, and ending in a spike with a slight upward curve; 
