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Or-ping-tons 
P ERHAPS you would be pleased to 
meet Mr. and Mrs. Or-ping-ton. 
These come from a well-known Eng¬ 
lish family of fowl, and are black in color, 
but there are also white and buff fowl of 
the same kind. Their feet and legs, which 
are called “shanks” in fowl, have no feath¬ 
ers on them, as those of the Cochins do. 
All fowls have very small heads in com¬ 
parison with their bodies, and it is true of these, for their bodies are long 
and deep and wide. There are five points in their combs. You can count 
them here. 
The Rhode Island Reds 
F OWL are so different from other birds 
and from animals that one can tell 
them anywhere, so they are called 
just by the name of their kind. These 
Rhode Island Reds are so called because 
they were first bred in Rhode Island, and 
because they are a rich, brilliant red in 
color. Only their tail feathers are different 
from the rest in being black or greenish 
black. Their toes and shanks are yellow, and their combs, faces, and 
wattles are a brighter red even than their feathers. This rooster seems 
very proud of Mrs. R. I. Red. 
Black 
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The Dorkings 
HIS Dorking couple are an English pair, and silver-gray. Their 
combs and wattles are a bright red, and the rest of the dark part 
of the rooster is greenish black, and very smooth and glossy. See 
what nice large eyes they both have! His 
neck and body plumage is silvery white, 
while hers has, especially in the cape about 
her neck, a fine black stripe down the middle 
of each feather, so her sides look slaty gray. 
These fowl have larger heads than a great 
many other kinds. The rooster’s comb is 
arched in a circle. Their shanks and toes 
are white, and they have five toes. 
