. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. 134 THE AMERICAN FANCIER'S In color the White Dorking is of clear, unblemished, glossy white. The comb and wattles are a bright, scarlet red ; the legs are either white or a delicate flesh color. The following are the points of the Silver Gray Dorkings : Cock.—Head, silvery white ; hackle, pure silvery white, as free from stripes as possible ; comb, face, earlobes and wattles, bright red ; beak, horn or white ; eye, orange ; breast, thigh and under parts, black; back, shoulder coverts, saddle and wing-bow, pure silvery white; coverts, greenish bl
. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. 134 THE AMERICAN FANCIER'S In color the White Dorking is of clear, unblemished, glossy white. The comb and wattles are a bright, scarlet red ; the legs are either white or a delicate flesh color. The following are the points of the Silver Gray Dorkings : Cock.—Head, silvery white ; hackle, pure silvery white, as free from stripes as possible ; comb, face, earlobes and wattles, bright red ; beak, horn or white ; eye, orange ; breast, thigh and under parts, black; back, shoulder coverts, saddle and wing-bow, pure silvery white; coverts, greenish black ; primaries, black, edged with white ; second- aries, part of outer web forming "Wing bay" white ; remainder of feathers forming wing butt, black ; tail, greenish, glossy black ; legs, feet and toe nails, white. Hen.—Eye, beak, comb, face, wattles, legs, feet and toe nails, same as in cock ; head, silvery white, with slight gray markings ; hackle, silvery white, clearly striped with black ; breast, rich robin-red or salmon-red ; shading off to grey in the lower parts ; back, shoulder coverts, saddle, wing-bow, and wing coverts, bright silver grey, with minute pencilings of darker grey on each feather; the shafts of the feathers, white ; primaries, grey or black ; secondaries, grey ; tail, grey, of a darker shade than body : quill feathers, PAIR RED PILE 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 Howard, George Ellsworth. [from old catalog]. Johnstown, N. Y. , A. E. Blunck
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