. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 371. Fig. 364. Silver Campine cockerel, owned by M. R. Jacobus, Ridgefield, New Jersey that the stock may have come from Turkey, birds of exactly the same descrip- tion having been observed there by Aldrovandus. Bel- gian tradition dates the race in Belgium as far back as the early part of the thirteenth century, four hundred years before Aldrovandus. If this tra- dition is true, it would appear that the race has been bred, in close con- formity to the present type, for at least seven hundred years. C
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 371. Fig. 364. Silver Campine cockerel, owned by M. R. Jacobus, Ridgefield, New Jersey that the stock may have come from Turkey, birds of exactly the same descrip- tion having been observed there by Aldrovandus. Bel- gian tradition dates the race in Belgium as far back as the early part of the thirteenth century, four hundred years before Aldrovandus. If this tra- dition is true, it would appear that the race has been bred, in close con- formity to the present type, for at least seven hundred years. Campines are about the size of ordinary Leghorns, and are typically single-combed, though it is said that rose combs sometimes occur. Their resemblance to Penciled Hamburgs is so great that a fancier, seeing the birds and not knowing what they were called, would unhesitatingly describe them as Single-Combed Penciled Ham- burgs. There are two color varie- ties, Silver and Golden. In the former both the male and the fe- male are finely barred (or penciled) with black and white, with white hackle. The tail of the male is black with small coverts more or less barred or penciled. The Golden variety has the same pattern as the Silver, with the white replaced by bay. About 1890 they were intro- duced into England, and shortly after into America, where interest in them proved very short-lived. Though developed more on Leg- horn lines and with fixed color pattern, the Campine as first. 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 Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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