. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . To show how long ago the absence of wattles wasbred for, we state for your benefit, that the Black SumatraGame in perfection scarcely any wattles. Our stand-ard does not class them as Game,-., but they are of the samenature. The neck should be long,thin, and tapering from bodyto head, the neck hackle shortand close fitting. The feathersof the hackle should not cometogether in front and theyshould end where the neckand back join. The shouldersshould be broad,
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular .. . To show how long ago the absence of wattles wasbred for, we state for your benefit, that the Black SumatraGame in perfection scarcely any wattles. Our stand-ard does not class them as Game,-., but they are of the samenature. The neck should be long,thin, and tapering from bodyto head, the neck hackle shortand close fitting. The feathersof the hackle should not cometogether in front and theyshould end where the neckand back join. The shouldersshould be broad, square andcarried forward, and the neckshould join the back and bodybetween the shoulders, theprominence of which gives theappearance of the neck beingset into the body. This featureis more prominent in themale. The back is short, flatand tapering, giving the bodyalmosttheshape of an egg; infact, the body should be egg-shaped, and the wings shouldset very close to the body andbe carried well up to the back. -,,,, ,„,„,. t ,j :^:-^ - red pile g.^me The end of the wing should ~^«^:S^^^^^ „.„,.„„. THE BANTAM FOWIy.
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