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of color, yet it is unsafe as a description without modification, 

 because there are many shades of bright yellow. The best way, 

 if not the only way, to grasp the idea of real golden buff is to see 

 a specimen that some reliable authority has pronounced about 

 right in color. The phrase, "one even shade of rich, golden 

 buff," explains itself as well as words seem adequate, but it must 

 be admitted that to fully appreciate the significance of the term 

 "golden buff" and to see in your mind just what shade is de- 

 manded, it becomes necessary to see a specimen of ideal of very 

 nearly ideal color, or at least, feathers from such a specimen. 

 While it cannot be said that judges agree always as to the most 

 desirable shade of golden buff, it can be said that the best and 

 most experienced judges do agree tolerably well. 



Unevenness in Color. The words of the Standard, "surface 

 throughout, one even shade of rich, golden buff," when given a 

 second thought, aptly present the breeders' problem : To produce 

 specimens that are one shade on the surface of every feathered 

 section, including the wings when extended and the tail feathers 

 when examined, for these sections are considered part of the sur- 

 face certainly not undercolor. 



Individuals that are even in surface, including wings and tail, 

 are produced quite often, but while endeavoring to breed such 

 specimens, many that are uneven in surface color to a greater 

 cr lesser degree are produced. These variations include too 

 dark, and too light necks ; dark wing bows in males ; mealiness 

 in females, more often on the wing bows than in other sections ; 

 shaftiness, especially noticeable in females ; light colored edging, 

 sometimes referred to as straw edging on females ; dark edging, 

 much often on the backs of females ; the shade of top surface 

 darker than the breast and fluff, most often in males, besides 

 defects in color of wings and tail. 



During the early history of the breed an even colored male 

 was very rarely seen. This fact was particularly noticeable in 

 both the extremely light and extremely dark specimens. The 

 chief fault in the strongly colored specimens was the highly 

 colored wing bows, which were often decidedly red instead of 

 buff. This pronounced defect is not seen at the present time in 

 males of even ordinary merit. The very light buff, usually more 

 explicitly designated by the term "lemon buff" males, have been 

 received with highest favor in the show room at times, and in 

 certain localities, but have of late years passed into discard in 



