. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 581. Rose-comb Black bantam. Black-breasted Red Malay bantam.—The Malay is also produced in bantam size, which is very popular. Ornamental bantam family. Sebright: Golden, Silver.—These are proud little birds. The cocks and hens are feathered alike. The plumage of the Golden Sebright has a yellow base, and each feather is distinctly laced with black. The plumage of the Silver Sebright has a white base, and the same black lacing as the Golden. Rose-comb bantam: Black (Fig. 581), White.—Both black and white types are found amo
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 581. Rose-comb Black bantam. Black-breasted Red Malay bantam.—The Malay is also produced in bantam size, which is very popular. Ornamental bantam family. Sebright: Golden, Silver.—These are proud little birds. The cocks and hens are feathered alike. The plumage of the Golden Sebright has a yellow base, and each feather is distinctly laced with black. The plumage of the Silver Sebright has a white base, and the same black lacing as the Golden. Rose-comb bantam: Black (Fig. 581), White.—Both black and white types are found among these. Both sexes ot both varieties have a proud carriage, a large, white ear- lobe and a long tail. Booted White bantams.— The peculiarity of this breed is a heavily feathered vulture hock, which gives it the ap- pearance of wearing boots. Brahma bantams: Light, Dark.—These are simply the two standard vari- eties of this name in miniature. It has been very difficult to get them sufficiently dwarfed in size. Cochin bantam: Buff, Partridge, White, Black.— Each of the four standard Cochin varieties has its corresponding bantam, very grotesque little crea- tures. The Standard weight for cocks is thirty ounces and for hens twenty-six ounces. Weights four ounces higher disqualify. Japanese bantams: Black-tailed, White, Black. —The leading characteristic of Japanese bantams is that they are seemingly almost legless, that their long wings touch the ground, and that their big, high tails come as near as possible to touching the back of their heads. Polish bantams: Bearded White, Buff Laced, Non- Bearded.—These follow the standard Polish vari- eties already referred to, except in size. The cocks should weigh about twenty-six ounces and the hens about twenty-two ounces. Miscellaneous breeds. Silkies.—These are a peculiar white fowl of small size, with bluish red face and comb. Their leading characteristic is that their feathers are without quill or web, thus giving t
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