. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. tpreferalily not wholly yellow. Eyes : Iris, orangered ; pupil, hazel. Comb, Face, and Wattles :Bright red. Ear-lobes : White. Legs and Feel: Yel-low, mottled. Plumage.—\\liitc markings (free from ticks) onbcctlc-grecn ground, the more evenlv V-mottledwith white the better, but mottled and not : Black to the roots and tipped with Flights : Black tipped with white. Under-colour: Black. SCALE OF POINTS Beetle-green ground colour, dark to skin Puritv of white, quahtv and evenn
. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. tpreferalily not wholly yellow. Eyes : Iris, orangered ; pupil, hazel. Comb, Face, and Wattles :Bright red. Ear-lobes : White. Legs and Feel: Yel-low, mottled. Plumage.—\\liitc markings (free from ticks) onbcctlc-grecn ground, the more evenlv V-mottledwith white the better, but mottled and not : Black to the roots and tipped with Flights : Black tipped with white. Under-colour: Black. SCALE OF POINTS Beetle-green ground colour, dark to skin Puritv of white, quahtv and evenness of mottling Tail . Comb. Legs and hea. Eyes . Lobes . Condition 25 With the exception of the single Comb, whichfalls over one side of the lace, preferably in a singlefold, and partly hiding the face, the general charac-teristics are .similar to those of the cock, allowingfor the natural sexual differences. Weight.—From 5 lb. to 6 lb. Serious defects : White in face; plumage otherthan black and white ; white or light under-colour;other than four toes ; wry tail or other Ancona Pullet, (The property of Mr. Thos. Whiltaker, a frequent winner.) 429 CHAPTER XXIX. HAMBURGHS AND REDCAPS. UNDER the general name of Hamburghsarc now grouped a class of fowls whichformerly were known under differentnames, but which share the common character-istics of rather small size, rose-combs, more orless white and round ear-lobes, slender, dark,clean legs, absence of the incubating instinct,and full sweeping tails. Looking at all that isreally known of their origin, that of the spottedor Spangled, and of the barred or Pencilledvarieties, appears quite distinct; the PencilledHamburghs having undoubtedly reached Eng-land from Holland under the name of DutchEveryday Layers, and being also known asChittiprats and Creels ; while the SpangledHamburghs emerged from Yorkshire and Lan-cashire, where they had been bred for years,from what stock no man knows, under thenames of Mooneys and Ph
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