PLYMOUTH ROCK STANDARD AND BREED BOOK 245 



CHAPTER II. 



SILVER-PENCILED PLYMOUTH ROCK 

 PLUMAGE 



STANDARD DESCRIPTION 

 Disqualifications 



Shanks and toes other than yellow or dusky yellow. (See 

 general and Plymouth Rock disqualifications.) 



COLOR OF MALE 



Head. Plumage, silvery white. 



Beak. Yellow or dusky yellow. 



Eyes. Reddish-bay. 



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



Neck. Hackle, web of feather, solid, lustrous greenish-black, 

 with a narrow edging of silvery white, uniform in width, extend- 

 ing around point of feather; shafts, black; plumage in front of 

 hackle, black. 



Wings. Bows, silvery white; coverts, lustrous greenish- 

 black, forming a well-defined bar of this color across wings when 

 folded ; primaries, black except a narrow edging of white on 

 lower edge of lower webs ; secondaries, black, except lower half 

 of lower webs which should be white, except near end of feathers 

 at which points the white terminates abruptly, leaving end of 

 feathers black. 



Back. Silvery white, free from brown ; saddle, silvery white, 

 with a black stripe in each feather, tapering to a point near its 

 lower extremity. 



Tail. Black ; sickles and coverts, lustrous greenish-black ; 

 smaller coverts, lustrous greenish-black edged with white. 



Breast. Black. 



Body and Fluff. Body, black; fluff, black slightly tinged 

 with gray. 



Legs and Toes. Thighs, black; shanks and toes, yellow or 

 dusky yellow. 



Under-Color of All Sections. Slate. 



COLOR OF FEMALE 



Head. Plumage, silvery gray. 

 Beak. Yellow or dusky yellow. 

 Eyes. Reddish-bay. 



