. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 356 POULTRY CULTURE. Fig. 341. Single-Comb Brown Leghorn cockerel, Grove Hill poultry yards, Waltham, Massachusetts and ear lobes of the Medi- terranean class, and of size and form appropriate to the style of the bird. The ear lobes are white or creamy white in color. While the body plumage is not as short as that of game fowls, the race is close feathered, with large wings and tails. The shanks and feet are smooth, the number of toes normal,—four on each foot. The English type of Leghorn is larger than the American, and meatier, ap- proa
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. 356 POULTRY CULTURE. Fig. 341. Single-Comb Brown Leghorn cockerel, Grove Hill poultry yards, Waltham, Massachusetts and ear lobes of the Medi- terranean class, and of size and form appropriate to the style of the bird. The ear lobes are white or creamy white in color. While the body plumage is not as short as that of game fowls, the race is close feathered, with large wings and tails. The shanks and feet are smooth, the number of toes normal,—four on each foot. The English type of Leghorn is larger than the American, and meatier, ap- proachingthe Dorking type, while large Leghorns on the lines of the American type are more like Minorcas in shape. The varieties of Leghorns take their names from the colors of their plumage, the subvarieties from the form of the comb. Bivivii Leghorns (single- comb and rose-comb) have the black-red color pattern. The early Brown Leghorns were quite light in color, and were sometimes called red.^ The American Standard exhibition male has the red very rich in tone, with hackle and saddle feathers cleanly striped with black. Females of like breed- ing, the natural color mates of such males, are very dark brown, their darkest shades often black or nearly so, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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