TwoyoungcocksfrommywhiteGamehenwereatfirstsnowwhite;ofthese，onesubsequentlyassumedmaleorange—colouredhackles，chieflyontheloins，andtheotheranabundanceoffineorange—redhacklesontheneck，loins，andupperwing—coverts。Hereagainwehaveamoredecided，thoughpartial，reversiontothecoloursofG。bankiva。Thissecondcockwasinfactcolouredlikeaninferior\"pileCamecock;\"——nowthissub—breedcanbeproduced，asIaminformedbyMr。Tegetmeier，bycrossingablack—breastedredGamecockwithawhiteGamehen，andthe\"pile\"sub—breedthusproducedcanafterwardsbetrulypropagated。Sothatwehavethecuriousfactoftheglossy—blackSpanishcockandtheblack—breastedredGamecockwhencrossedwithwhiteGamehensproducingoffspringofnearlythesamecolours。
IrearedseveralbirdsfromthewhiteSilkhenbytheSpanishcock:allwerecoal—black，andallplainlyshowedtheirparentageinhavingblackishcombsandbones;noneinheritedtheso—calledsilkyfeathers，andthenon—
inheritanceofthischaracterhasbeenobservedbyothers。Thehensnevervariedintheirplumage。Astheyoungcocksgrewold，oneofthemassumedyellowish—whitehackles，andthusresembledinaconsiderabledegreethecrossfromtheHamburghhen;theotherbecameagorgeousbird，somuchsothatanacquaintancehaditpreservedandstuffedsimplyfromitsbeauty。
WhenstalkingaboutitcloselyresembledthewildGallusbankiva，butwiththeredfeathersratherdarker。Onclosecomparisononeconsiderabledifferencepresenteditself，namely，thattheprimaryandsecondarywing—
featherswereedgedwithgreenish—black，insteadofbeingedged，asinG。