16 THE PIGEON STANDARD. 
Eyes. Silvery and bright in iris, with jet black clearly de- 
fined pupil, large, prominent and very round in shape 
situated rather to the back of the skull and appear- 
ing, owing to the lofty frontal, centred low in the 
head. 
Standard Colors. 
Almonds. 1. Ground color, rich, sound and even; in tint 
that of the inside of the shell of the almond nut, 
2. Markings. Head, neck, chest, back of rump, and 
wing coverts evenly spangled with rich black splash- 
es. Flights and tail showing in uneven patches three 
distinct colors, viz., almond, black and white. 
Kites. Black or dun ground, the former showing a golden 
brown shading all over the body, especially under 
the flight and tail ‘“‘web feathering ;”’ the latter a 
yellowish golden shade on some parts. 
Agates. Redor yellow ground color, sound and lustrous, 
broken by white feathers on the hackle, shoulders 
and back, the major feathers being dark. 
Mottles. Lustrous, metallic, green black ground from head 
to tail, the mottling consisting of from ten to twenty 
feathers evenly distributed in the form of a rose at 
the pinions of the sboulders, and an equal number 
of white feathers evenly distributed in V shape on 
the scapular plumage covering the upper part of the 
back. 
Self Colors. Sound lustrous red, deep rich yellow and 
ebony metallic lustred black; the beaks of the latter 
should be of the deepest coal black; reds and yellows 
pale flesh colored. 
