45° 



THE BOOK OF POULTRY. 



Plumage of the Hen. — The colours of the ground 

 and spangling ai-e similar to those of the cock. 

 Hackle : Jlarked from the iiead with dagger-shaped 

 tips, which gradually increase in width until they 

 merge into spangles at the bottom. Wings : Second- 

 aries, as in the cock ; bars similar to those of the 

 Gold Spangled hen. Tail : Each feather with a 

 half-moon shaped spangle at the end ; coverts, 

 reaching half-way up the true tail feathers, form 

 a row across the tail (each side) of round spangles. 

 Remainder of Plumage : Marked as in the Gold 

 hen. 



SCALE OF POINTS 



THE BLACK 

 COCK 



Head: comb, 15 ; face, 15 ; ear-lobes, 15 .. 45 



Colour . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 



Tail 15 



Shape, style, and condition .. .. .. 15 



HEN 



Head : comb, 15 ; face, 15 ; ear-lobes, 15 



Colour 



Shape, style, and condition 



Tail .. ' 



THE PENCILLED 

 COCK 



Tail 



Colour 



Head : comb, 10 ; ear-lobes, 10 ; face. 



Shape, style, and condition 



Markings 



Head : comb, 10 ; ear-lobes, 5 ; face, 5 



Colour 



Shape, style, and condition 



THE SP.\N'GLED 



The points for this variety (both colours and 

 either se.x) are the same as those for the Pencilled 

 hen, given above. 



Serious dejects : White face ; single comb ; red ear- 

 lobes ; "squirrel " or wry tail ; or any other deformity. 

 (Note. — If a Hamburgh has the power to rest its 

 tail on either side at will, bringing the tail over 

 from one side to the other, it shall not be accounted 

 wry-tailed. This is according to the standard of 

 the Hamburgh Club.— W. W. B.) 



symmetrical shape, with straight leader, full of fme 

 work or spikes, free from hollow in centre, set straight 

 on the head, not hanging too much in front, and 

 carried well off the eyes ; size about 5 inches by 

 4 inches. Face : Smooth. Ear-lobes : Of medium 

 size. Wattles : Long and well rounded. 



Neck. — Of moderate length, and well furnished 

 with hackle. 



Body. — Breast : Full and rounded. Back : Fairly 

 broad and long. Wings : Moderately long, fitting 

 closely to the sides. 



Tail. — Full, and carried almost upright, the 

 sickles being broad and long and well arched. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Short thighs, moderately 

 long and strong shanks. Toes : Four on each foot, 

 and well spread. 



Carriage. — Active and graceful. 



Weight.— About yi; lb. 



Except that the Tail is carried somewhat low, 

 the general characteristics of the hen are similar 

 to those of the cock, allowing for the natural sexual 

 differences. 



Weight.— From sh lb. to 6-5- lb. 



COLOUR 



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

 and Ear-lobes : Bright red. Legs and Feet : Slate. 



Plumage of the Cock. — Head : Red. Hackle and 

 Saddle : Red, each leather marked down the centre 

 with a stripe of black. Back : Red, spangled with 

 black. Witigs : Bow, rich red ; coverts, rich red, 

 each feather ending with a black spangle forming a 

 black bar across the wing ; primaries and secondaries, 

 red, heavily tipped (at the ends) with black. Breast, 

 Under-pai'ts, Tail, and Hangers : Black. 



Plumage of the Hen. — Head and Hackle : As in 

 the cock. Back and Breast : Ground, deep red- 

 brown, free from smuttiness, each feather tipped 

 with a half-moon black spangle, the markings on 

 the breast, back, and wings to be as uniform as 

 possible. Wings : Primaries and secondaries as in 

 the cock ; coverts evenly spangled. Tail : Black. 



SCALE OF POINTS 



Head : comb, 20 ; ear-lobes and wattles, 10 ; 



skull, 5 35 



Colour and markings 



Size . . 



Condition 



Type 



Tail 



Legs and feet 



REDCAPS 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



Head. — Skull : Long and broad. Beak : Short 

 and small. Eyes : Full. Comb : Rose, large, of 



Serious defects : Comb over to either side of the 

 head ; white ear-lobes ; round back ; squirrel or 

 wry tail ; feathers on shanks or toes ; other than 

 slate coloured legs ; other than four toes on each 

 foot. 



