The variation of animals and plants under domestication . Fia. 39.—Spanish Fowl. smaller, short-legged Dutch sub-breed has been described by someauthors as distinct. 6. Hamburgh Breed (Fig. 31).—Size moderate; comb flat, pro-duced backwards, covered with numerous small points; wattle ofmoderate dimensions; ear lobe white; legs bluish, thin. Do notincubate. Skull, with the tips of the ascending branches of thepremaxillary and with the nasal bones standing a little separatefrom each other; anterior margin of the frontal bones less de-pressed than usual. Chap. VII. DESCRIPTION OF BREEDS. There ar
The variation of animals and plants under domestication . Fia. 39.—Spanish Fowl. smaller, short-legged Dutch sub-breed has been described by someauthors as distinct. 6. Hamburgh Breed (Fig. 31).—Size moderate; comb flat, pro-duced backwards, covered with numerous small points; wattle ofmoderate dimensions; ear lobe white; legs bluish, thin. Do notincubate. Skull, with the tips of the ascending branches of thepremaxillary and with the nasal bones standing a little separatefrom each other; anterior margin of the frontal bones less de-pressed than usual. Chap. VII. DESCRIPTION OF BREEDS. There are t^yo sub-breeds; the simnglcd , of Kn-riishongin, with the tips of the feathers marked with a ,hnk spotranthe pencilled Hamburgli, of Dutch orioi„, ^vith chirk tnuisvers,.lines across each feather, and with the body rather smaUcr i:„tl, :mtfp^^:^^^$^yh^^. FiG. 31.—Hamburgh Fowl. these sub-breeds include i^old and silvor vari;>tifs. as well ;;s someother sub-varieties. Black IJand)iirglis have been produced by across with the Spanish breed. 7. Crested or Polish Breed (Ficf. .32).—Head witli a larjre,rounded crest of feathers, supported on a liemisplierical protiTlx-r-ance of the frontal bones, which includes l]i(> aiilcrioi- part f llu»brain. The ascending branches of ])remaxilliny bniics .nul tin*inner nasal processes are much shortened. The orifice of the nos-trils raised and crescentic. Ieak sliort. Comb absent, or smalland of crescentic shape; wattles either present or rcplai cd by abeard-like tuft of feathers. Legs leaden-blue. Sexual diirenncesappear late in life. Do not incubate. IMure are several beautifulvarieties which dilTer in colour and slightly in other respects. 236 FOWLS. Chap. VII. The following sub-breeds agree in having a crest, more or lossdeveloped, with the comb, when present, or crescentic shape
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