STANDARDS FOR BANTAMS. 



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ings. Wings : Primaries, dark slate or black, edged 

 with white ; secondaries, dark slate or black, with 

 wide edging of white ; the wing, when closed, shows 

 white only. Tail : Black, the sickles and coverts 

 edged with white. Remainder of Plumage : White. 

 Plumage of the Hen. — Wings : As in the cock. 

 Tail : Black, with white coverts. Remainder of 

 Plumage : White. 



THE WHITE 



Head points, Legs and Feet : As in the Black- 

 Tailed White. 



Plumage. — Pure white. 



OTHER VARIETIES 



Other varieties are the Buff (in colour similar 

 to buff fowls), the Cuckoo (in colour and markings 

 similar to the Scotch Grey), the Grey (black ground 

 colour, the cock's back, hackles, and wing-bows 

 silver, the hen being laced throughout with silver 

 and the neck-hackle heavily marked), and the 

 Speckled (black and white with even marldngs). 



SCALE OP POINTS 



Type . . 



Colour 



Weight 



Condition 



Head 



Legs and feet 



Serious defects : Comb other than single ; shanks 

 other than yellow (or in Blacks yellow shaded with 

 black) ; pure white in any part of the plumage of 

 Biicks ; other than white plumage in Whites ; long 

 legs ; low tail carriage. 



THE MALAY BANTAM 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 The general characteristics are similar to those 

 of the Malay fowl. 



Weight. — Cock : Under 56 oz. Hen : Under 

 48 oz. 



Size. — As small as is compatible with the pre- 

 servation of Malay type. 



COLOUR 



The following colours are recognised by the 

 Malay Bantam Club as show colours — viz. Black, 

 Black Mottle, Duckwing, Pile, Red, Spangle, and 

 White. 



Beak : In Blacks and Black Mottles, yellow or 

 somewhat black, yellow preferred ; in Duckwings, 

 Reds, and Spangles, yellow or somewhat brown, 

 yellow preferred : in Piles and Wliites, yellow. 

 Eyes : Pearl white, daw (with a green shade) or 

 yellow, but the Ughter the colour the better, a red 

 or " foxy " tinge being very objectionable. Comb, 

 Face, Throat, Wattles, and Ear-lobes : BrilUant red. 

 Legs and Feet : Very rich yellow, except that in 

 Blacks and Black Mottles a slight duskiness may 

 be overlooked. 



THE BLACK 



Plumage. — Glossy black, with brilliant green and 

 purple lustres, the green predominant, free from 

 any brassy or wliitc feathers 



THE BLACK MOTTLE 



Plumage. — -Ground colour as in the Black, but 

 evenly mottled all over with white. 



THE DUCKWING 



Plumage of the Gold Cock. — Hackle : Pale straw. 

 Back and Saddle : Orange. Wings : Bow, orange ; 

 secondaries, white on outer edge. Remainder of 

 Plumage : Black. 



Plumage of the Gold Hen. — Hackle : Silver-white, 

 finely striped with black. Breast : Salmon shading 

 off to ash-grey at thighs. Tail : Lower feathers, 

 black. Remainder of Plumage : Steel-grey, finely 

 pencilled with black or dark steel-grey. 



Plumage of the Silver. — Similar to the Gold, but 

 the cock's hackle, saddle, and wing-bow, silver- 

 white, and the hen of a Ughter shade all through. 



WHEATEN HENS 



The Wheaten Pile resembles the wheatcn-red 

 hen in every respect, except that instead of black 

 flight and tail feathers the colour of these parts is 

 cream-white. The Wheaten Spangle resembles the 

 wheaten-red hen with the addition of a plentiful 

 powdering of white spangles. These wheaten hens 

 are not very attractive in the show pen, but they 

 produce the most briUiantly coloured cocks. 



OTHER VARIETIES 



The plumage and markings of the Pile, the Red, 

 the Spangle, and the White are described in con- 

 nection with Malay fowls. 



(Note. — The above colours and markings are 

 ideal, but in Malay Bantams not so much value is 

 attached to these adornments as to type and quaUty.) 



SCALE OF POINTS 

 Head : eyes, 9 ; comb and other points, 16 

 Curves and carriage 

 Reach and stiltiness 

 Feather (short, narrow, and hard) 

 Legs and feet 

 Gloss and vigour . . 

 Shoulders 



Tail 



Colour 



Serious defects : Excessive size ; and other points 

 as mentioned in connection with Malay fowls. 



THE ROSEGOMB BANTAM 



GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 Head. — Skull : Broad and short. Beak : Stout 

 at the base and rather short. Eyes : Full and 

 bright. Comb : Neat, long, square, and well filled 

 in front, set firmly on the skull, tapering off in width 

 to the setting on of the leader ; the top perfectly 

 level and full of " work " (crowded with httle round 

 spikes) ; the leader set on with a stout base, firm, 

 long, perfectly straight, and tapering to a point ; 

 the comb rises shghtly from the front to the back, 

 the leader rises also, and at the same angle as the 

 rest of the comb. Face : Of fine texture. Ear- 

 lobes : Absolutely round, having nicely rounded 

 edges, of uniform thickness all over (not hollow 

 nor " dished "), firmly set on the face, of kid-hke 

 texture, smooth, proportioned in size to the bird. 



