. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. symmetricalcrest, and with ample muffling on cheeks andthroat; a well-curved neck clad with lustrousplumage of orange-buff hue; back and wing-bowa shade deeper in colour, anil saddle matchingthe hackles of the neck. Side hangers andtail rich buff, each feather sharply marginedwith white. Breast, wing-bars, and fluffy feathersat side of thigh all rich buff, every feathernarrowly but most distinctly laced with purewhite. The whole plumage of the hen is oneuniform shade of orange-buff, every feath
. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. symmetricalcrest, and with ample muffling on cheeks andthroat; a well-curved neck clad with lustrousplumage of orange-buff hue; back and wing-bowa shade deeper in colour, anil saddle matchingthe hackles of the neck. Side hangers andtail rich buff, each feather sharply marginedwith white. Breast, wing-bars, and fluffy feathersat side of thigh all rich buff, every feathernarrowly but most distinctly laced with purewhite. The whole plumage of the hen is oneuniform shade of orange-buff, every feather fromcrest to tail being laced with white. In the cockthe crest is solid buff, but in the hen is fullylaced, and is always at its best the first and wattles are almost rudimentary inboth Legs are clear blue, and beaks of alight skin colour. Add to this a sprightly gaietyof movement which seems to characterise thesefowls when at liberty, and it can well be imaginedthat when disporting themselves on a green-sward a picture of surpassing loveliness is pre-sented to the WHITE-CRESTED BLACK SILVER SPANGLED POLISH 4S8 THE BOOK OF POULTRY. When I first took up the breed a year ortwo ago, I had to go to Holland for stock, beingunable to find the names of any breeders of thevariety in this country. A prominent Dutchfancier selected the best pair at the AmsterdamShow for me, and afterwards I was fortunate ingetting some birds of a strain which had beenimported into England from Hanover. Breedingcarefully and on scientific lines from these twodistinct stocks, I am able to confidently offerthe following remarks on the propagation of thebreed. First of all, as to the shade of buff. If weselect a light buff, then there is not sufficientcontrast between the lacing and the ground-colour, and much of the beauty is lost. If weencourage a very dark buff, then the white lacingtakes on a brown tinge, and again much of thebeauty is lost. The latter class of hen alsothr
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