The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . was written in 1874, and Mr. Bonney had bred them since L860—others who remembered them since 1855 and 1856 spoke of their red ear lobes, and wrote that some of the cocks had grey necks and that their legs were white, dark and yellow. The American Brown Leghornmales are far in advance of thoseof other countries in point ofprecision and richness of the best specimens we see atour leading exhibitions the blackstriping of the neck and saddlehackle accurately defined, andin some cases the
The poultry manual; a guide to successful poultry keeping in all its branches, fancy and practical . was written in 1874, and Mr. Bonney had bred them since L860—others who remembered them since 1855 and 1856 spoke of their red ear lobes, and wrote that some of the cocks had grey necks and that their legs were white, dark and yellow. The American Brown Leghornmales are far in advance of thoseof other countries in point ofprecision and richness of the best specimens we see atour leading exhibitions the blackstriping of the neck and saddlehackle accurately defined, andin some cases the red edging isof a fiery brilliancy that is ex-ceedingly attractive, as withevery turn of the bird the in-tensity and strength of colorshows in the greenish blackstriping which extends down-ward to a point through the cen-ter of the feather. The breastis no longer splashed withbrown but of spotless glossyblack as also is the tail, the comb White Leghorn Male, thighs and fluff and the bars which cross the red shouldered and bay tipped wings;the cordy legs are of waxen yellow, and above all this. LEGHORNS. 43
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