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Title: The American fancier's poultry book
Identifier: americanfanciers00howa (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Howard, George Ellsworth. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Poultry
Publisher: Johnstown, N. Y. , A. E. Blunck
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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POULTRY BOOK. 105- either of the preceding; it is larger, stronger and more powerful. It, however, differs in the hen being destitute of either comb or wattles,while the comb of the cock has only very fine serrations on the edge ; and still more in the peculiar character of the cock's hackles, the shafts of which expand at the tips into a flat and bony plate, which gleams in the sun. These plates are generally of golden orange color, but occasionally appear banded with various colors. The plumed portion of the hackle is dark grayish, the shafts being deep golden, which expands at the tip into the plate just described ; and not infrequently the hackles will show two such plates, the shaft of the feathers contracting after the first and then again expanding. The breast and back are generally a rich gray,, verging into black or blue ; the tail black, brilliantly glossed with green, and the bill, legs and feet yellow. The hen is generally of a brown or partridge color on the upper parts, and grayish white on the breast, passing into almost pure white under the throat. The crow of the cock, it is agreed by all, differs some- what from that of the ordi- ary fowl. Its crow is very peculiar, being a broken and imperfect kind of crow, impossible to describe." The Gallus Stenleyii ■ ,is generally stated to be peculiar to the island of Ceylon, but Mr. Trevor Dickens states that it ,is also met with over t£ie southern slopes of the Ghauts, and in Java. It is very much like the G. Ban- kiva, except that the cock has a red or brown breast, and the comb is almost yellow, but with a red edge. The cock often crosses with This variety
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GALLUS SONNERATTII. domestic birds, but the hybrids thus produced are sterile has never yet been bred in confinement. The male birds have orange-yellow hackles, a yellowish red breast, pink legs, and a beautiful bluish purple saddle. The hackle feathers are true hackle feathers and the saddle feathers are broad and rounded at the points, though exceedingly glossy. The comb is short and narrow at the base, expanding at the summit, and both it and the wattles are of the ordinary color, except that the comb is yellow in the center. The comb of the hen is very small and her plumage is plain, unobtrusive partridge color. , "The 'Javanese Jungle Fowl,' known as the Gallus Varius or Gallus Furcatus, or as the 'Forked Tail Cock," which is simply the last name translated, is in some respects a most peculiar and strongly marked bird. The comb of the cock is small and unserrated, is bluish at the base, changing to violet or purple at the edge. The head is rather long and narrow, the face being red and the eye very prominent. Under the

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