SECTION II. 



CHAPTER I. 

 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK PLUMAGE 



STANDARD DESCRIPTION 

 Disqualifications 



RED in any part of plumage ; two or more solid black pri- 

 maries, secondaries or main tail feathers ; shanks other 

 than yellow, dark spots not to disqualify. (See general 

 and Plymouth Rock disqualifications.) 



COLOR OF MALE AND FEMALE 



Beak. Yellow. 



Eyes. Reddish-bay. 



Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear-Lobes. Bright red. 



Shanks and Toes. Yellow. 



Plumage. Grayish-white, each feather crossed by regular, 

 narrow, parallel, sharply defined, dark bars that stop short of 

 positive black ; free from shafting, brownish tinge or metallic 

 sheen; the light and dark bars to be of equal width, in number 

 proportionate to length of feathers, and to extend throughout 

 the length of feathers in all sections of the fowl; each feather 

 ending with a narrow, dark tip ; the combination of overlapping 

 feathers giving the plumage a bluish appearance and of one even 

 shade throughout. 



COLOR OF PLUMAGE AND ITS COMMON DEFECTS 



From the Standard description of plumage for Barred Plym- 

 outh Rocks, one may discern immediately that it may have de- 

 fects of two general characters : first, the fundamental colors 

 may vary from the ideal ; second, the barring may be irregular, 

 but in both characters the defects may have many variations. 

 By considering the very well expressed and accurate descrip- 

 tion of the Standard, thoughtfully and with a strict and broad 

 usage of each and every term employed in this description, one 



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