This is the name given by Professor Salvador Castello of Spain,
to a breed of chickens, that he had discovered in Chile, South
America, in 1914. The breed has yellow or white shanks, red eye,
small comb, is tailless and is especially characterized by a
muff on each side of the face, near the ear. "These tufts
originate in a small epidermic protuberance which is connected
with the head by a thread of elastic skin which allows the
protuberance to be stretched to a certain length from the head."
The ear tuft on the male is raised at time of mating. These ear
muffs have been called "earrings." The Latin word "inauris"
corresponds to that of rings. The most peculiar trait of the
breed is the blue eggs, sometimes spotted like those of a turkey
hen, which are laid by the females. The birds have shanks that
are free from feathers. The breed is indigenous to South America
and has been bred to some extent in Argentina. There are two
varieties, a red, and one that is mostly white. Their eggs are
indistinguishable from o