. Our domestic birds; . Fig. 16. Light Brahma cockerel FOWLS 37 or the tastes of people in different countries and localities. Thusin the course of centuries were produced from the same originalwild stock fowls as unlike as. Fig. 17. Light Brahma hen the massive Brahma, withfeathered legs and feet, andthe diminutive Game Ban-tam ; the Leghorn, with itslarge comb, and the Polish,with only the rudiments of acomb and in its place a greatball of feathers ; the Spanish,with monstrous developmentof the skin of the face, andthe Silky, with dark skin andhairlike plumage. Except ina few limited distric
. Our domestic birds; . Fig. 16. Light Brahma cockerel FOWLS 37 or the tastes of people in different countries and localities. Thusin the course of centuries were produced from the same originalwild stock fowls as unlike as. Fig. 17. Light Brahma hen the massive Brahma, withfeathered legs and feet, andthe diminutive Game Ban-tam ; the Leghorn, with itslarge comb, and the Polish,with only the rudiments of acomb and in its place a greatball of feathers ; the Spanish,with monstrous developmentof the skin of the face, andthe Silky, with dark skin andhairlike plumage. Except ina few limited districts thesespecial types did not displacethe ordinary type for manycenturies. Until modern times they were hardly known outside of the districts or the countries where they^^ originated. Of the details of their origin ^l nothing is known. They were not of the ^jjfll / . highly specialized and finished types such ^(JkjP^ as are bred by fanciers now. Their dis- tinctive features had been established, but in comparatively crude form. The refining and perfecting of all these types has been the work offanciers in Holland, Belgium, England,and America in modern times. Thesefanciers have also developed new racesof more service
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