JUDGING DORKINGS. 



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COLOUR 



Beak : White or horn, dark horn permissible in 

 Darks. Eyes : Bright red or yellow iris, the former 

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

 Brilliant (or coral) red. Legs and Feet (including 

 toe-nails) : Dead (or snow) wlrite, the former free 

 from red or pink down the sides, and the toes free 

 from such colours in the webbing or any other part 



THE CUCKOO 



Plumage. — Light blue-grey ground, each feather 

 barred across with bands of dark grey or blue, the 

 markings to be uniform and the colours shading 

 into each other so that no distinct line or separation 

 of the colours is perceptible. 



THE DARK (OR COLOURED) 



Plumage of the Cock. — Hackle and Saddle : Wliite 

 or straw ground, more or less striped with black. 

 Back : Various shades of white, black and white 

 or grey, sometimes mixed with maroon (bronze 

 objectionable). Wings : Bow, wliite, or white mixed 

 wth black or grey ; coverts or bar, black, glossed 

 with green ; secondaries, white on outer web, black 

 on inner web. Breast and Under-parts : Jet black, 

 white mottling not permissible. Tail : Black, richly 

 glossed, a little white on primary sickles permissible, 

 but white hangers decidedly objectionable. 



Plumage of the Hen. — Hackle : Wliite or pale 

 straw, striped with black or dark grey. Breast : 

 Salmon - red, each feather tipped with dark grey 

 verging to black. Tail : Nearly black, or rich copper 

 with, the outer feathers slightly pencilled. Re- 

 maindev of Phnnage : Nearly black, or approaching 

 a rich dark brown, the shaft showing a dull white, 

 and each feather slightly pale on the edges, except 

 on the wings, where the centre of the feather is a 

 brown-grey ground covered with a small rich mark- 

 ing, surrounded by a thick lacing of the black, and 

 free from red. 



THE RED 



Plumage of the Cock. — Hackle and Saddle : 

 Bright, glossy red. Back and IVing-bows : Dark 

 red. Remainder of Plumage : Jet black, glossed with 

 green. 



Plumage of the Hen. — Hackle : Bright gold, 

 heavily striped with black. Tail and primaries : 

 Black or verj' dark brown. Remainder of Plumage : 

 Red-brown, the redder the better, each feather more 

 or less tipped or spangled with black, and having 

 a bright yellow or orange coloured shaft. 



THE SILVER GREY 



Plumage of the Cock. — Hackle : Pure silver white, 

 free from straw tinge or rustiness, a very narrow 

 stripe of grey in the lower feathers being permissible, 

 although not desirable. Back and Saddle : Pure 

 silver white, free from striping or yellow tints. 

 Wings : Coverts and bow, silver white ; bar, lustrous 

 black, glossed with green or blue ; secondaries, white 

 on outer web, black on inner web, with a black spot 

 at the end of each feather, and when the wing is 

 closed the corner appearing snow white with a 

 black upper edge ; primaries, black with a 

 white edge on outer web. Breast, Under-parts, and 



Tail : Jet black, free from any white mottling or 

 grizzling, although in old cocks a sUght grizzling of 

 the thighs is not a fatal defect. 



Plumage of the Hen. — Hackle : Silver white, 

 especially on the cap, the lower hackle striped with 

 a narrow line of black, a copper-coloured hackle not 

 allowable. Breast : Rich robin red or salmon red, 

 shading off to ash-grey on the thighs. Body : Clear 

 silver grey, finely pencilled with darker grey (the 

 pcnciUing following the outer line of the feather), 

 and free from any red or brown tinge, or any black 

 dappUngs. (The effect may vary from soft dull 

 grey to bright silver grey, an old-fashioned grey 

 slate best describing the colour.) Tail : Darker 

 grey, inside feathers black. 



THE WHITE 



Plumage. — As white as snow, and free from straw 

 tinge. 



SC.4LE OF POINTS 



Serious defects : Other than five toes ; legs other 

 than white or with any vestige of feathers ; spurs 

 outside the shank ; single combs in Whites or 

 Cuckoos, rose combs in Silver-Greys or Reds ; any 

 coloured feathers in ^A^lites ; very long legs ; crooked 

 or much swollen toes ; bumble feet ; distinct double 

 toe-nails ; round back, twisted breast-bone, wry 

 tail, or any other actual deformity. 



SUSSEX 

 GENER-'VL CHARACTERISTICS 



Head. — Skull : Of medium size. Beak : Short 

 and strong, and well curved. Eyes : Full and 

 bright. Comb : Single, of medium size, upright, 

 evenly serrated, and fitting closely to the head. 

 Face : Smooth. Ear-lobes and Wattles : Of medium 

 size. 



Neck. — Of medium length, and furnished with 

 fairly full hackle. 



Body. — Broad, deep, and fairly long. Breast : 

 Square, and carried well forward with long and 

 deep breast-bone. Shoulders : Wide. Back : Broad 

 and flat. Wings : Carried closely to the body. 



Tail. — Of moderate size. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Short and rather wide 

 apart, the thighs stout and the shanks strong and 

 free from feathers. Toes : Four on each foot, 

 straiglit, long, and well spread. 



Carriage. — Graceful and erect. 



Weight.— 9 lb. 



Plumage. — Close. 



