1.Y1 IMCiKONS AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



t.\\ard the back of head, called "whiskers." The fuller 

 these are, the better. 



LEGS Short, showing little or no thigh in the smaller 

 varieties. 



FEET Small and neat. 



SOLID COLORS A clear and even color throughout the 

 entire body ; free from any admixture of any other color. 



TAIL-MAKKKD The entire body should be pure white, ex- 

 cept the tail, which is colored according to the variety. 



The white-tailed birds have the body colored according to 

 the variety, and the tail white. 



Whatever the color in the above varieties, it should be 

 bright, clear, and even. 



lllues Have black bars across the wing-coverts, and black 

 band near the end of tail-feathers. Neck and flights of a 

 dark shade. 



Silvers A delicate silver-grey with brownish bars across 

 the wing-coverts, and band of the same color near the end of 

 tail-feathers; neck, flights, and tail of a darker shade of 

 color. 



Powdered-blue^ A delicate, frosted blue ; neck, flights, and 

 tail darker in color. 



Poivdered-silvers A delicate, frosted-silver tint, with neck, 

 flights, and tail darker. 



Whites Plumage pure white throughout. 



COLOR OF BEAK In Blacks, Blues, and Powdered-blues is 

 black; in the other varieties flesh color, excepting the Sil- 

 vers and Powdered-silvers, which are darker. 



COLOR OF EYES In Blues, a reddish-gravel ; in the other 

 varieties a yellowish-gravel, except Whites, which are dark 

 c.r bull. 



COLOR OF LEGS AND FEET A bright red. 



DISQUALIFICATIONS Birds not matching when shown in 

 pairs ;Trimming, plucking, coloring, or any artificial alter- 

 ation; under or over weight in the class entered ; appearance 

 of feathers on legs or feet; out of condition from disease; 

 any decided deformity; for Whites, colored feathers, dark 

 beak, dark toe-nails, or if the eyes are not bull. 



