. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. Fig. 452. Black Cochin Bantam cockerel ^ Fig. 453. Black Co- chin Bantam pullet ^ avowed object in every case is to make the bantam, in shape, color, appurtenances, — everything but size, — just like the large breed that it resembles. The exact likeness desired is rarely secured — some students of the types say, never. Usually the head (and appurtenances), wings, and tail of the bantam are larger in proportion than those of the cor- responding large fowls, and the carriage is dif- ferent, particularly in the males, which are the most inso
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. Fig. 452. Black Cochin Bantam cockerel ^ Fig. 453. Black Co- chin Bantam pullet ^ avowed object in every case is to make the bantam, in shape, color, appurtenances, — everything but size, — just like the large breed that it resembles. The exact likeness desired is rarely secured — some students of the types say, never. Usually the head (and appurtenances), wings, and tail of the bantam are larger in proportion than those of the cor- responding large fowls, and the carriage is dif- ferent, particularly in the males, which are the most insolent and pugnacious of birds, often domineering over cocks of the large breeds, and always ready to attack anything. The most common and best-established varieties may be divided into six groups : Common, Game, Rose-Combed, Polish, Asiatic, and Japanese. Common bantams are usually the offspring of unions of ordi- nary Game Bantam males with small mongrel hens. They nearly always show something of the Game style, with various colors. A family so produced may continue for some gen- erations, bred for small size, with little attention to color, or a color type maybe fixed without try- ing to conform to any popular standard. Thou- sands of such families appear and disappear. Game Bantams are principally of two kinds. One, which may be called the common Game Bantam, is a miniature of the Pit Game. This is the most common of the established varieties, the black-red type being most abundant. The Exhibition Game Bantam, modeled after the large Exhibition Game, is a great favorite with fanciers 1 Photograph from owner, Dr. J. N. MacRae, Gait, 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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