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flat, closely fitting earlobes; broad, thin, smooth, and well-rounded wat¬ 
tles; neck, small at the bead, increasing in size as it approaches the 
shoulders, nicely arched, and canied well back; abundant hackle of 
good length, sweeping over the shoulders and tapering toward the 
tail; long and plentiful saddle feathers; full, round breast, carried 
prominently forward; plump, compact, and symmetrical body; wings 
large, the points carried low, the secondaries slightly expanded; full, 
expanded tail, carried rather high and furnished with long curving 
sickles and coverts; short, well-rounded thighs, and short, clean, taper¬ 
ing shanks. 
The head of the hen should be small and neatly rounded; eyes 
bright and full; comb of the same character as the cock’s, but smaller 
and neater; flat, smooth, ear lobes; small wattles; short, tapering 
neck, carried well back; short back; full, prominent breast; compact 
body; ample wings, but not drooping so much as the cock’s; full, ex¬ 
panded, upright tail; short, round thighs, and short, tapering shanks. 
The plumage of the Black Rose-comb Bantam is lustrous black, and 
of the White, pure spotless white. The beak of the Black is black or 
dark horn color; of the white, yellow. The ear lobes of the Black are 
pure white; of the White, red. The shanks of the Black are dark, 
leaden blue; of the White, yellow. 
BOOTED WHITE BANTAMS. 
Booted White Bantams are distinguished, as their name implies, by 
heavily feathered, or booted, shanks. They have small heads and 
medium-sized single combs. The hackles are long and partly cover the 
shoulders; the wings are large and slightly drooping; the tail is upright, 
with long sickles and abundant coverts; thighs, medium in length, and 
covered with long, stiff feathers, or vulture hocks, which nearly reach 
the ground; toes and shanks, yellow. The plumage is pure white. 
COCHIN BANTAMS. 
Cochin Bantams—Buff, Partridge, White, and Black—are in both 
color and shaiie the same as their larger ancestors. They are the 
largest of the Bantam class. The cock weighs about 28 ounces, the hen 
24 ounces. 
JAPANESE BANTAMS. 
The striking beauty and peculiar-shaped tails of the Black-tailed 
Japanese Bantams (tig. 40) make them great favorites and place them 
in the front rank of the Bantam class. They are white, excepting 
thetailand wings. The tail is black; the sickles black, edged with white. 
The wings are large and long, with drooping points; the color of the 
primaries and secondaries is dark slate, edged with white. When the 
wing is folded it shows only white. The tail is expanded and carried 
in an upright position, almost touching the back of the head; sickles, 
