ORPINGTON STANDARDS. 



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COLOUR 



THE BLACK 



Beak : Black. Eyes : Black, with dark brown 

 iris. Comb, Face, Wattles, and Ear-lobes : Bright 

 red. Legs and Feet : Black. Toe-nails, Soles of 

 Feet, and Skin : White. 



Plumage. — Black, with a green sheen. 



THE BUFF 



Beak : White or horn. Eyes : Red or brown, 

 red preferred. Comb, Face, Wattles, and Ear-lobes : 

 Bright red. Legs, Feet, and Skin : White. 



Plumage. — Clear, sound, even buff throughout to 

 skin. 



THE CUCKOO 



Beak : White. Eyes : Red. Comb, Face, Wattles, 

 and Ear-lobes : Red. Legs and Feet : White, or white 

 mottled with black, white preferred. Toe-nails and 

 Skin : White. 



Plumage. — Blue-grey (light shade) ground, each 

 feather barred across with blue-black (dark shade), 

 the markings in keeping with the size of the feather. 



THE JUBILEE 



Head poi)its. Legs and Feet : As in the Buff. 

 Plumage of the Cock. — Ground colour mahogany, 

 . of a bright shade, and not dark nor maroon. Hackles 

 and Back : iNlahogany, with black centre stripe, 

 mahogany shaft, and white tip. Breast, Thighs, and 

 Fluff : I\Iahogany, with black spangle and white 

 tip, the three colours clean and distinct and showing 

 in equal proportions, avoiding a ticked effect on 

 the one hand, and a blotchy effect on the other. 

 Wings : Bow, similar to hackles ; bar, black ; 

 secondaries, mahogany, black, and white ; primaries 

 similar, but more white allowed. Tail : Sickles 

 white, or black and white, or black, white and 

 mahogany ; coverts, black, edged with mahogany 

 and tipped with white. 



Plumage of the Hen. — Neck-hackle : To match 

 that of the cock. Body, Thighs, and Fluff : 

 IMahogany, with black spangles and white tips, 

 similar to the breast of the cock. Wings : As body, 

 but with primaries to match those of the cock. Tail : 

 As in the cock. 



THE SP.\NGLED 



Beak : Black, white, or slightly mottled. Eyes : 

 Red or brown, red preferred. Comb, Face, Wattles, 

 and Ear-lobes : Red. Legs and Feet : Black and 

 white, mottled as evenly as possible. Toe-nails and 

 Skin : White. 



Plumage of the Cock. — Hackles : Black, with 

 white tips. Back : Black, slightly ticked with white. 

 Breast, Thighs, and Fluff : Black, with white 

 spangles, the two colours showing in equal propor- 

 tions, avoiding a ticked effect on the one hand, 

 and a blotchy effect on the other. Wings : Bow, 

 similar to back ; bar, black ; secondaries and 

 primaries, black and white, but more white allowed 



in the primaries or flights. Tail : Black and white ; 

 the sickles and the coverts black with white tips. 



Plumage of the Hen. — Xeck, Wings (flights only), 

 a)id Tail : Similar to those parts of the cock. 

 Remainder of Plumage : The same as the breast 

 of the cock, the effect to be uniform through- 

 out the bird. (Note. — In both sexes the black 

 should have a bright gloss (beetle-green), and the 

 white should be pure and bright, the two colours 

 distinct and not running into each other.) 



THE WHITE 



Beak, Legs and Feet, and Skin . 

 points a)id Eyes .■ Red. 



Plumage. — Pure snow white. 



SC.A.LE OP POIXTS 



THE BL.\CK 



Shape : body, 15 ; breast, 10 ; saddle, 5 

 Head : Comb, 7 ; skull, 5 ; face, 5 ; eyes, 5 ; beali 

 Plumage and condition 

 Carriage 

 Size . . 



Tail 



Legs and feet 



Skin 



White. Head 



THE BUFF AND THE WHITE 



Colour* 



Type* 



Condition 



Head 



Legs and Fee 



Size . . 



THE CUCKOO 



Serious defects : Feather on shanks or feet ; white 

 in ear-lobes ; long legs ; side spikes on comb ; any 

 deformity ; yellow skin or yellow in shanks, or feet 

 of Blacks ; any yellow on slianks or feet of Cuckoos ; 

 other than black and white coloured feathers in 

 Spangled ; any yellow in Whites. 



* In 1910 //le Buff Orpington Club allotted 20 point! to 

 colour and 30 to type. 



