214 PKJKONS AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



DRAGOON STANDARD. 



HEAD Wedge-shaped and broad, yet proportionate to the 

 stoutness and length of the beak, slightly curved when view- 

 ed from the side or front, thus showing no angle or extended 

 flat surface. 



BEAK Thick, measuring from the termination of the beak 

 horn to the anterior corner of the eye, about li inches. The 

 lower mandible stout, straight and close fitting ; the upper 

 also stout, and terminating in a slight curve. 



AVATTLE Peg shaped, i. e., broad and perpendicular at its 

 base, narrowing with even sides and longitudinal furrows 

 towards the point of the upper mandible, but not intruding 

 on the lower. 



EYE CERE Small, fine in texture, nearly circular, slightly 

 pinched at the back. 



EYE Prominent and watchful. In Blues, Silvers, Chequers 

 and Grizzles, the iris of a deep rich red color. In other va- 

 rieties, an approximation to this color; except in Whites, in 

 which the iris is dark colored. 



NECK Short and thick without gullet, and widening boldly 

 from head to shoulders. 



BKEAST Broad and full. 



BACK Broad and as flat as possible ; shoulders prominent. 



WINGS Strong, the flights carried above the tail. 



TAIL Short and running in a line with the back, carried 

 clear of the ground, and extending quite half-an-inch beyond 

 the tips of the wings. 



LK<;S Short. The thighs stout and muscular. The whole 

 length of the body, from the point of the beak to the ex- 

 tremity of the tail, about 15 inches. 



COLOR In Blues. The neck dark and lustrous; the body, 

 rump and thighs, a leaden blue of uniform shade. 



M vKKiNos A broad black bar across the end of the tail. 

 T\v<> Mark bars, about of an inch, wide, even and distinct, 



