The century illustrated monthly magazine . it to be evidenceof a recent cross. There is little doubt thatmany so-called rose-combed Leghorns wereproduced by crossing the single-combed Leg-horn with the Hamburg, which has the rose-comb, but there is unimpeachable testimonythat rose-combed chicks appeared among theearliest broods from imported this indicates a reversion to along-for-gotten cross with a rose-combed ancestor, orwhether it is merely a noteworthy instance ofvariation, we cannot determine; but the factjustifies the breeders of rose-combed Leghornsin asserting the pur
The century illustrated monthly magazine . it to be evidenceof a recent cross. There is little doubt thatmany so-called rose-combed Leghorns wereproduced by crossing the single-combed Leg-horn with the Hamburg, which has the rose-comb, but there is unimpeachable testimonythat rose-combed chicks appeared among theearliest broods from imported this indicates a reversion to along-for-gotten cross with a rose-combed ancestor, orwhether it is merely a noteworthy instance ofvariation, we cannot determine; but the factjustifies the breeders of rose-combed Leghornsin asserting the purity of their fowls. The Brownvariety is of the typical Game or Gallus ban-kivus coloring, the male having hackle and sad-dle of a brilliant red or orange, with a blackstripe through the middle of every feather; darkred back; black breast, body, and tail; and aglossy black bar across the wings. The female isof abrown hue over the greater part of the body,thefeathersbeingfinely penciled, and has a deep- 5° CHICKENS FOR USE AND BEAUTY. JXN. %AVG^^Liiftti-. ,s ^ /^Ti^Tr^-^..-*.—tv-. SINGLE-COMBED BROWN AND WHITE LEGHORNS. salmon breast. The White and Black Leg-horns are solid-colored birds, though the malesof the Whites have a tendency to show a yel-low tinge upon the upper parts — a tendencywhich is found in all white-plumaged fowlshaving yellow legs and skin. The plumage ofthe Dominique or Cuckoo Leghorn looks, at adistance, as if made up of alternate bars of twoshades of blue; but upon examining the sepa-rate feathers the body color is found to be a gray-ish white, crossed by transverse bars of rose-combed varieties differ from the single-combed only in the character of the combs. Ranking next or even superior to theMediterranean class as egg-producers standsthe graceful Hamburg family. The Hamburgproves the impossibility of an exact classifica-tion of chickens upon economic grounds, for itis not only one of the most useful but also oneof the most ornamental of do
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