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purposes they make nice eating. They mature early, are good sitters 
and mothers, and are easily kept in confinement. 
There are three varieties of Javas: Black, Mottled, and White. The 
Black (fig, 7) is more generally seen than the others, though the Mottled 
Fig. 7.—Pair of Black Javas. 
has of late years been very numerously represented at the shows. The 
plumage of the Blacks is glossy black throughout; the Mottled (fig. 8) 
is of broken black and white in wings, tail, and sickles, and the balance 
of the plumage is evenly intermixed Avith white and black; the White 
Java is, as the name implies, pure white throughout. It has a small 
single comb, standing upright on the head in both male and female. 
The shanks and toes are free from feath¬ 
ers, yellow in color, with the bottom of 
feet yellow. 
The standard weight of cocks is 
pounds; hens, 7J pounds; cockerels, 8 
pounds; and pullets, GJ pounds. 
DOMINIQUES. 
Similarity in plumage of the American 
Dominique and Barred Plymouth Rock 
has been the price of the former’s popu¬ 
larity. The color is grayish white, each 
feather regularly crossed Avith parallel 
bars of blue-black, producing the effect of a bluish-tinged plumage, the 
color being the same throughout. The illustration of Barred Plymouth 
Rock feathers sIioaaui in fig. 2 av i 11 do equally as well for the markings of 
the feathers of the Dominiques. They have rose combs, in both male 
