. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. il( n WHITE BOOTED COCK AND BLACK BOOTED ried upright The sickles of the male should be long and handsomely curved over the back. The tail should not be carried so far forward as on the Japanese, but a little after the Leghorn style of tail. The feniale is of the same form as the male, with much less comb, wattle, ear-lobe and hackle. Her hock and foot" feathering should be very profuse. The preceding describes the true form of a Booted
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. il( n WHITE BOOTED COCK AND BLACK BOOTED ried upright The sickles of the male should be long and handsomely curved over the back. The tail should not be carried so far forward as on the Japanese, but a little after the Leghorn style of tail. The feniale is of the same form as the male, with much less comb, wattle, ear-lobe and hackle. Her hock and foot" feathering should be very profuse. The preceding describes the true form of a Booted Bantam in its natural condition, free from all taint of Cochin or Japanese blood. Of whatever color, they should have their own natural form and carriage When fashioned after the White Cochin Bantams they should be discarded as of no value. The color should be pure silvery white; or, when of any other ^^ color, rich and bright of its kind. The Blacks should be rich and lustrous of color and their beaks and legs black. The Whiskered or Muffled are just like the others, only they have heavy muff or feath ers on cheek and under their beaks, also shorter legs and not so much feathering on hock and feet. They are seldom seen. Only a few care for or keep them The Splashed or Spangled are marked very much like the Houdans. Few fancy them and they are seldom seen, even in the show room. The Whisk- ered or Muffled Booted Bantams came from Ger- many to England about 1870. They had short legs, broad saddle and smaller tails than the other type These were bred by a few who admired them in their purity. Some of very rich quality were shown by Mrs. Ricketts, winning in open competition against the others. These birds winning over the original type, changed the line of breeding somewhat; breeders adopted the shorter leg and higher carriage of wing. Many also adopted the Japanese form, with a longer leg, thus preventing the hock feathers from touching the ground. This intermixing of the heavy
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