. The Farm-poultry . ll withstand almost anyamount of dirt, and not become unpleasant tolook upon. Xone of the egg producing of the female to be edged with a darker slaty blue would be a grayish would make the top color of the maledark grayish blue, when it should be almostblack, and the breast color of male, and thebody color of female should be more of asilvery tint than a gray or slate color. Wecopy color description from the same author-ity as above mentioned :— • Color.— The ground color of a perfectAndalusian should, as the name implies, be ofa distinctly blue cast,
. The Farm-poultry . ll withstand almost anyamount of dirt, and not become unpleasant tolook upon. Xone of the egg producing of the female to be edged with a darker slaty blue would be a grayish would make the top color of the maledark grayish blue, when it should be almostblack, and the breast color of male, and thebody color of female should be more of asilvery tint than a gray or slate color. Wecopy color description from the same author-ity as above mentioned :— • Color.— The ground color of a perfectAndalusian should, as the name implies, be ofa distinctly blue cast, not simply gray orslate, but of a silvery blue color; almostpigeon blue, in fact. Each feather on thebreast, shoulders, and thighs must be lacedwith a distinct and well tletined and not toonarrow margin of dark blue, or brilliant blackfor preference. The feathers being as largeand broad as possible, the more distinct thelacing the better, and, provided the margin isblack or almost so, I mav sav that the lighter. Fig. 6. HOUSE, AVATSOTiS RANCH. tells us they are very large, plumage black,flesh white and delicate, and well adaptedfor capons. Bement speaks of them in hiswork, (1S4S), as a small white fowl. in his work, (1850), speaks of themas a large black fowl. Mr. Bronne, (1850),also mentions them as a large black fowl witha white earlobe. These facts would lead oneto conclude that the so-called Black Spanishmust have been of the Minorca family, andtbe white fowls mentioned by Bennett musthave been our now called White reason for thinking our so-called Spanishof this early day were Minorcas is based onthe fact that in England at the same time theyhad both the White Face Black Spanish, alsothe Minorca of the same type as our thencalled Spanish. The Andalusians take their name from theprovince from which they came. In earlydays their color was quite uncertain; somewere gray, others speckled. The true colorthen was about the same as at this tim
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