6 THE PIGEON STANDARD. 
called ‘‘Stocking-legged.’’ The feet should have 
longer feathers, so thickly set as to leave no bare 
places on the toes exposed. The feathers should 
spread from the foot rather suddenly, forming what 
is denominated the ‘‘Slipper.”’ 
Beak.—Fine, mandibles straight, the upper showing slight 
curve at tip and slightly over reaching the lower. 
Beak Wattle.—Small and fine in texture. 
Eye Cere.—Fine and thread-like. 
Carriage.— Upright. 
Movements.— Majestic and proud, with head and crop aloft, 
gait opposed to straddling—graceful. 
Colors.—PixrpDs; black, blue, redand yellow. PLAIN CoLoR; 
white. Orr CoLors; mealies, sandies, chequers, sil- 
vers and splashes. 
Markings.—Pieds; the head is colored, also the whole neck 
and back, including the wing coverts and crop, ex- 
cept a crescent-shaped band of white passing around 
the front of the crop, the points or horns reaching 
within a short distance of the eye. The bib or colored 
patch coming down from the throat and forming the 
upper edge of the ‘‘Crescent’’ should be large and 
well defined. There should also be a few white 
feathers on the shoulders, which are desired, as 
nearly as may be, to fall separately one from the 
other in a small circular patch called the ‘‘Rose 
Pinion.’’ These white feathers should be free from 
the edge of the wing butt. In blacks and blues the 
color extends to the end ofthe tail. Blues should 
have black bars across the wings andtail. In all 
colored varieties, the flights, thighs, legs and feet, 
also the entire under part of the body from the keel, 
or line across the breast, should be pure white. 
Whites—Plumage pure white throughout. The four 
representative colors, excepting blue, should be deep 
and rich in hue. The blue should be light, bright 
and even color. 
Color of Eyes.—In the pied varieties, a bright red or orange; 
in whites dark or bull. . 
Disqualifications.—Trimming, plucking, coloring or any 
artificial alteration, out of condition from disease, 
any decided deformity, for whites; stained beak ; col- 
ored feathers; or if eyes are not bull. 
