. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. FiR. 7S. Exhibition Game Cock. (By courtesy of A. E. Blunck). 93. Cornisli Indian Games. —Not very hardy ; meat breed ; they are ordinary to poor layers of tinted eggs ; sitters ; pea combs; red ear lobes; yellow skin and legs ; Standard weights, cock 9 lbs., cock- erel 7J^ lbs., hen 6>^ lbs., pullet 51^ lbs. ; are very full in the breast, and broad at the shoulders; back, convex instead of flat or concave, as in most other breeds. There are two varieties, the Dark, (Fig. 76), and the White, (Fig. 77);—the former, in color, a ver
. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. FiR. 7S. Exhibition Game Cock. (By courtesy of A. E. Blunck). 93. Cornisli Indian Games. —Not very hardy ; meat breed ; they are ordinary to poor layers of tinted eggs ; sitters ; pea combs; red ear lobes; yellow skin and legs ; Standard weights, cock 9 lbs., cock- erel 7J^ lbs., hen 6>^ lbs., pullet 51^ lbs. ; are very full in the breast, and broad at the shoulders; back, convex instead of flat or concave, as in most other breeds. There are two varieties, the Dark, (Fig. 76), and the White, (Fig. 77);—the former, in color, a very dark black red (crimson) ; the Standard requires in the female plumage with bay ground double — or triple — laced with black. Usually these markings are not well defined. :-^. Fig. 76. Dark Indian Game Hen. (By courtesy of Adam Thompson).. 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 Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston, I. S. Johnson & co.
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