. Standard varieties of chickens . , they areideal fowls for the farm and will gather during the year a consider-able proportion of their food. The Langshan is a stylish, medium-sized bird, not overgrown orgawky in appearance, of active nature, and lively disposition. Many 96476°— Bull. 51—13 S 18 confound the Black Langshan with the Black Cochin. This need notbe, as the following comparison between the two varieties shows: TheBlack Cochin is square in shape, with heavy-looking neck and legs,plenty of fluff and leg feathering, cushion rising from middle of backto tail; tail short and almost co
. Standard varieties of chickens . , they areideal fowls for the farm and will gather during the year a consider-able proportion of their food. The Langshan is a stylish, medium-sized bird, not overgrown orgawky in appearance, of active nature, and lively disposition. Many 96476°— Bull. 51—13 S 18 confound the Black Langshan with the Black Cochin. This need notbe, as the following comparison between the two varieties shows: TheBlack Cochin is square in shape, with heavy-looking neck and legs,plenty of fluff and leg feathering, cushion rising from middle of backto tail; tail short and almost concealed by cushion; neck, breast,cushion, and tail all represented by convex lines. The Langshanhead is small for the size of the body and the comb is rather large,well up in front, and arch shaped; the Cochin head is larger thanthat of the Langshan and not so arched over the eye; the comb issmaller, low in front, and almost straight on top of serrations. Theback of the Langshan is concave, that of the Cochin is slightly con-. Fig. 8.—Pair of Black Langshans. vex, and the Cochin has a large convex cushion. The Langshan fluffis moderate and close; that of the Cochin is extremely full and wings of the Langshan are of medium size, quite prominent atthe shoulders; the Cochins wings are smaller and almost hidden bythe fluffy plumage of the cushion and the fluff. The Langshans legsare medium in length, the toes are long and tapering, and the color ofthe shank is bluish black showing pink between scales; the Cochinslegs are shorter and stouter, with larger bone; the toes are shorterand stouter, and the color of the shanks is black or yellowish black. There are two varieties of Langshans, the Black and the the Black the plumage of neck, back, saddle, and sickles is a glossy 51 19 metallic black with greenish sheen; the breast, primaries, secondaries,tail, fluff, shank, and toe feathers are black. The undercolor is blackor dark slate. The White Langshan is pure
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