. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. milar to those of the cock, allowinglor the natural sexual differences. Weight.—5 lb. COLOUR THE BLACK Beak : Dark blue or dark slate, the formerpreferred. Eyes : Black, or as dark as and Wattles : Bright red. Face : Sooty,especially dark around the eyes. Lobes : White, orwhite sanded with red, the former preferred. Legsand Feet : The same as the beak. Plumage.—Black, with a bright green lustre. THE WHITE Head points : As in the Black. Legs and Feet :Dark blue. Plumage.—Pure white
. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. milar to those of the cock, allowinglor the natural sexual differences. Weight.—5 lb. COLOUR THE BLACK Beak : Dark blue or dark slate, the formerpreferred. Eyes : Black, or as dark as and Wattles : Bright red. Face : Sooty,especially dark around the eyes. Lobes : White, orwhite sanded with red, the former preferred. Legsand Feet : The same as the beak. Plumage.—Black, with a bright green lustre. THE WHITE Head points : As in the Black. Legs and Feet :Dark blue. Plumage.—Pure white, straw tinge objection-able. SCALE OF POINTS Type .. . . . . .. . 40 Head : lobes, 10 ; eyes, 10 ; comb, 5 . 25 Colour . . . . . . 20 Legs and feet .. . .. . . i; Serious defects : Comb too heavy or v^dth sidesprigs ; red eyes ; black, white, or yellow shanks andtoes; straw-coloured or other than black or whitefeathers; high tail carriage; any deformity. ( lobes, although objectionable, cannot be con-sidered as serious defects at present.—W. W. B.). 476 CHAPTER XXXII OTHER CONTINENTAL BREEDS BESIDES the breeds generally recognised asFrench, and described in the last chapter,there are several known in other parts ofEurope which are distinct enough to be worthdescription. We are only able to give details ofthose originating in Belgium, Holland, andSouthern Russia, of which the Belgian breedsare longest and best known in this of these, the Campine or Braekel fowl—for there can be no doubt that both form essen-tially one breed—has only lately attracted con-siderable attention, and acquired considerablepopularity ; it will be convenient therefore todescribe it and other Belgian or Dutch breedsfirst, and afterwards the most distinctiveRussian fowls. The fowls known as Campincs are un-doubtedly of great antiquity ; and it is in factquite evident, now we have them over here, thatthey exactly answer to the turcica or Turkish fowl of oldAldro
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