VARIOUS STANDARDS. 



5CS 



SCALE OF POINTS 



Colour and markings : of hackle, : 



lo ; tail, 10 ; wings and across shoulde 

 lo ; breast and thighs, lo . . 



Size . . 



Type 



Head 



Condition 



Legs and feet 



Serious defects : Any bodily deformity ; any 

 distinct characteristic of any other breed not appli- 

 cable to the Scotch Grey. 



SCOTCH DUMPIES. 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



Serious dejects : White ear-lobes ; yellow or 



back, feathered shanks or feet ; other than four toes on 



each foot ; long legs ; any deformity. 



CO (NorE, — In former editions of the " Poultry 



15 Club Standards " there is a special note to the 



JO effect tliat " shortness of leg alone should not con- 



jo stitute their claim to notice ; they must have large, 



JO low, heavy bodies, and other points of excellence." 



J Most judges and fanciers will agree, however, that 



, unless Dumpies have very short legs, giving them 



[00 the dumpy appearance, they can scarcely merit 

 their name. — W. W. B.) 



SILKIES. 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 



HeaA.— Skull : Fine. Beak : Strong and well 

 curved. Eyes : Large and clear. Comb : (a) Single 

 or (b) rose, the former preferred ; (a) of medium 

 size, upright and straight, free from side sprigs, 

 and the back following the Une of the skull, evenly 

 serrated on top ; (6) of medium size, straight and 

 firmly set on the head, full of fine work or spikes, 

 level on top, and narrowing behind to a distinct 

 peak following the line of the skull and not sticking 

 up. Face : Smooth. Ear-lobes : Small and lying 

 closely to the neck. Wattles : Of medium size. 



Neck. — Of fair length, in keeping with the size 

 of the body, and covered with flowing hackle. 



Body. — Square. Breast : Deep. Back : Broad 

 and flat. Wings : Medium sized, neatly carried. 



Tail. — Full and flowing, the sickles well arched. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Very short, shanks not 

 exceeding iS inches. Toes : Four on each foot, 

 and well spread. 



Carriage. — Heavy, with a waddling gait, the 

 extreme shortness of its legs giving the bird the 

 appearance of " swimming on dry land." 



Weight.— 7S- lb. 



HEN 



The general characteristics of the hen are similar 

 to those of the cock, allowing for the natural sexual 

 differences. 



Weight.— 6 lb. 



COLOUR 



Beak : To match the legs. Eyes : Red. Comb, 

 Face, Wattles, and Ear-lobes : Bright red. Legs and 

 Feet : White, except in the Black variety, black or 

 slate, and in the Cuckoo variety mottled. 



Plumage. — There is no fixed colour, but the 

 v^arieties chiefly exhibited are Blacks, Cuckoos, 

 Darks, and Silver-Greys, the last three being similar 

 to those varieties of the Dorking. 



SCALE OP POINTS 



Type .. 

 Size . . 

 Head 

 Condition 

 Colour 



Head. — Skull : Short and neat, and crested. 

 Crjst : As upright as the comb will permit, soft 

 and full, and not showing any hard feathers, having 

 half a dozen soft, silky feathers streaming gracefully 

 backward from the lower and back part of the 

 crest to a length of about i^ inches. Beak : Short, 

 and stout at the base. Eyes : Brilliant, and not 

 too prominent. Comb : An almost circular cushion 

 of flesh, with a number of very small prominences 

 over it, and having a slight indentation or furrow 

 transversely across the middle. Face : Smooth. 

 Ear-lobes : More oval than round. Wattles : Nearly 

 semicircular, not long nor pendent, and concave. 



Neck. — Short or of medium length, broad and full 

 at the base, and with abundant and flowing hackle. 



Body. — Stout-loolving. Breast : Broad and full. 

 Shoulders : Stout and square, and fairly covered 

 with the neck-hackle. Back : Short, with the saddle 

 rising to the tail. Stern : Broad, and abundantly 

 covered with fine fluff. Wings : Soft and fluffy at 

 the butts, the ends of the flights ragged and fairly 

 covered with the soft saddle -hackle. 



Tail. — Short, very ragged at tlie ends of the 

 harder feathers of the true tail, and sickles (allow- 

 able) if to be seen, not too noticeable nor too hard. 



Legs and Feet. — Legs : Short, the thighs set wide 

 apart, covered with very abundant fluff", and stand- 

 ing out prominently ; the shanks smooth and free 

 from scaUness, and with sUght feathering on the 

 outer sides. Toes : Five on each foot, the fourth 

 and fifth diverging from one another preferably, 

 and the middle and outer toes feathered, but these 

 feathers, like those on the slianks, not too hard. 

 There should not be vulture hocks, but soft, silky 

 hocks are permissible. 



Carriage. — Stvlish. 



Weight.— 3 lb. 



Plumage. — Very silky and fluffy, with a profusion 

 of hair-Uke feathers. 



Head. — Crest : Similar to a powder puff, stand- 

 ing up and out, not inchned backward, nor hanging 

 40 over the eyes nor spUt by the comb, and devoid 

 20 of hard feathers. Comb : Small, and hardly notice- 

 15 able under the front of the crest. Wattles : Either 

 15 absent or very small and of oval shape. 

 10 Neck. — Short. 



— Body. — Saddle broad, and well cusliioned with 



100 the silkiest of plumage. 



