. The new American poultry book, containing all the different varieties of fowls, with complete instructions ... Poultry. -BBAHMA ro\iri-. t In color, the light Brahmas are characterized by the general white color of the body, breast and thigfhs. The neok-haokle Bhould be marked with a distinct black stripe down the centre of each feather; there is a teudoncy in the cook to come light or cloiidy ill the hackle—^defects which very greatly detract from their beauty. The saddle-feathers In the cock are. white or light- ly stoiped with black, those of the hen being white. The first ten flighl^feat
. The new American poultry book, containing all the different varieties of fowls, with complete instructions ... Poultry. -BBAHMA ro\iri-. t In color, the light Brahmas are characterized by the general white color of the body, breast and thigfhs. The neok-haokle Bhould be marked with a distinct black stripe down the centre of each feather; there is a teudoncy in the cook to come light or cloiidy ill the hackle—^defects which very greatly detract from their beauty. The saddle-feathers In the cock are. white or light- ly stoiped with black, those of the hen being white. The first ten flighl^feathers are black, but the secondary quills, which alone are visible when the wing is closed, are white on the outer web, consequently the dark color of the wiag is not visible when, folded. In the cook the tail is'blaok, the tail-coverts being beau- tifully glossed with green, the lower ones being margined with. LIGHT BHAHMA COCK. silver, as are the two highest tail-feathers in the hen. The shanks in ttds variety should be bright yellow,, well closed with: white feathers slightly mottled with Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Taggart, John. Philadelphia, Crawford & co
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