. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. !t44 ; S .STOCK KOOK. iiiatiiii;- togothor l)lues, piles, dims, ami l)rii\vii aiul l)l;u'k-l)r(':isted reds ; so thai tlioic is little uniformity of viAm in llic strain. In the purest strain is a light streaky breasted cock, with l)ack and shoulder coverts daric crimson : saddle red niaro(ni on centre, passing off to a dark lemon and straw: hackle red, with the middle of each feather 'Hie hen should have a nearly black body, but intermixed with gray (jn the wing; the hackle br
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. !t44 ; S .STOCK KOOK. iiiatiiii;- togothor l)lues, piles, dims, ami l)rii\vii aiul l)l;u'k-l)r(':isted reds ; so thai tlioic is little uniformity of viAm in llic strain. In the purest strain is a light streaky breasted cock, with l)ack and shoulder coverts daric crimson : saddle red niaro(ni on centre, passing off to a dark lemon and straw: hackle red, with the middle of each feather 'Hie hen should have a nearly black body, but intermixed with gray (jn the wing; the hackle bright, brassy orgoklcn. IV. Duck-Winged Games. Like the r>rown-breastcd reds, there arc several varieties of the Duck-w ings. The Silver Grays are considered to be, perhaps, the purest in tx'pe : bnt each fancier has his own peculiar strain. Tegetiueier des- crii)i's tlu! b(!st cocks, correct in color, as having the hackle nearly clear white, with a \ery slight tinge of straw color, without any decided yel- h)W tinge or dark streak on the feather. The saddle should be as nearh' as possible the color of the hackle : the breast a maroon straw : the. UUCK-WING GAME FOWLS. shou'ider coverts a rich bi-ass or copper maroon ; the and tail pure black. The hens to match these cocks should have their necks of a dear silver, striped with black, the silver to go right up to the cond), but being a little darker above the eyes ; the back and shoulder (^ovcrts a bluish- gray, shaft of feather scarcely showing any difference from the rest of the feather, any approach to red or penciling being decidedly objection- able ; the breast salmon eolor, of a rich 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 Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N.
Size: 1881px × 1329px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectveterin, bookyear1882
