. Standard varieties of chickens . es,the Black (fig. 23)and the White. Thecock has a small,round head; a shortand slightly curvedbeak; large prom- Fig. 22.—Pair of Silver Sebright Bantams. inent bright eyes ; rose comb, square in front, fitting firmly on the head and ending ina spike with a slight upward curve; flat, closely fitting ear lobes;broad, thin, and well-rounded wattles; neck small at the head, in-creasing in size as it approaches the shoulders, nicely arched, andcarried well back; abundant hackle of good length, sweeping overthe shoulders,with long andpie ntiful saddlefeathers ; fu
. Standard varieties of chickens . es,the Black (fig. 23)and the White. Thecock has a small,round head; a shortand slightly curvedbeak; large prom- Fig. 22.—Pair of Silver Sebright Bantams. inent bright eyes ; rose comb, square in front, fitting firmly on the head and ending ina spike with a slight upward curve; flat, closely fitting ear lobes;broad, thin, and well-rounded wattles; neck small at the head, in-creasing in size as it approaches the shoulders, nicely arched, andcarried well back; abundant hackle of good length, sweeping overthe shoulders,with long andpie ntiful saddlefeathers ; fullround breast, car-ried prominentlyforward; plump,compact, andsymmetrical body;wings large, thepoints carriedlow, the second-aries slightly ex-panded; full ex-panded tail car-ried at an angle I l<3- 23.—Pair of Rose-comb Black Bantarua. of 40° from the horizontal, and furnished with long curving sicklesand coverts; short thighs, and short, clean, tapering head of the hen should be small and neatly rounded; eyea. 51 43 bright and full; comb of the same character as the cocks, butsmaller; flat, smooth ear lobes; small wattles; the neck should beshort, tapering, and carried well back; the back short; the breastfull and prominent; the body compact; wings large; tail full andexpanded; thighs short, and shanks short and tapering. The plumage of the Rose-comb Black Bantam is lustrous black,and of the White, pure white. The beak of the Black is black, ordark horn color; of the White, white. The ear lobes of both va-rieties are pure white. The shanks of the Black are dark, leadenblue, or black; of the White, white. BOOTED WHITE BANTAMS. Booted White Bantams are distinguished, as their name implies,by heavily feathered or booted shanks. They have small heads andmedium - sizedsingle hackle feath-ers are long andpartly cover theshoulders; thewings are largeand slightlydrooping; thetail is upright,with long sicklesand abundantcoverts; thighslong, and coveredwit
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