The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . g well upon and with the tail coverts en-velopes the tail proper. All serves to give that short ap-pearance to the back as a whole. The profusion of saddlehangers, reaching well down over wing tips, but beingslightly flattened on the top destroys any pronounced convexoutline of back from hackle to tail in the male. In thefemale this saddle, or cushion, as it is called in her case,must be a pure convex outline from neck plumage to tailso profuse as to be a complete circle from top around baseof tail, meeting the circli
The Asiatics; Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans, all varieties, their origin; . g well upon and with the tail coverts en-velopes the tail proper. All serves to give that short ap-pearance to the back as a whole. The profusion of saddlehangers, reaching well down over wing tips, but beingslightly flattened on the top destroys any pronounced convexoutline of back from hackle to tail in the male. In thefemale this saddle, or cushion, as it is called in her case,must be a pure convex outline from neck plumage to tailso profuse as to be a complete circle from top around baseof tail, meeting the circling plumage under tail, the backlong enough to secure the convexed formation and givea slight oblong appearance to structure. Exposure to sunand storms will, in a vast majority of cases, cause surfacecolor to be somewhat faded from the rich ocherous color de-manded by our standard, but we must demand a tolerablyclear shade in quill, however, and permit a shade lighter,but free from the sheen in the fibre of under-color. Defects. Back narrow, too straight, or concave, lines. Cockerel and Hen, scoring 94 and 92% Bred and Owned by A. A. Evans. from neck to tail too short and wanting in saddle and cush-ion, oval shape of cape, surface color faded to a drab ormottled with brown, white in quill or under-color, cut one-half to one and one-half for these evils according to as unworthy crooked shell bone or slipped hips. In the Cochins there is little if any of that descriptionfor forward part of back, all being covered by hackle orhidden by a pronounced type of cushion. Baek in any breedis simply a collective term for cape and saddle and cushion,and when we say, back broad and flat, we mean capebroad and flat, for surely that is what is commonly acceptedas a broad, flat back; without this upon which the neckplumage flows out how much of beauty and symmetry are-lost. BREAST. The quarter muscle is full, tapering downwards, beirgvery broad across in front and deep to forward
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