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which, when properly folded, is hidden beneath the lower line 

 of the saddle plumage and the plumage of the upper part of the 

 abdomen. This top color should be clear silvery white, that is, 

 striped in hackle and in saddle with lustrous black. The word- 

 ing of the Standard is : "Head plumage, silvery white ; hackle, 

 solid lustrous greenish-black with a narrow edge of silvery 

 white, uniform in width, extending around point of feather ; 

 plumage in front of the hackle, black ; shank and toe, yellow or 

 dusky yellow." 



Hackle. In plainer language, this means that the hackle 

 feathers and the saddle feathers of the male shall have a black 

 stripe extending almost to the point of the feather; this black 

 should be completely surrounded with silvery white. "Plumage 

 in front of hackle, black," means that if you part the hackle in 

 the center below the beak, you will find that the black feathers 

 of the breast extend up to the throat ; thus the plumage in front 

 of the hackle is black. 



Wings. The bows of the wings are silvery white. The wing- 

 coverts are lustrous, greenish-black, forming a well-defined bar 

 of black across the folded wing. The primaries of the wing are 

 black with a narrow edge of white on the lower edge of the lower 

 web of the feather. The secondaries of the wing are black, ex- 

 cepting the lower half, which should be white. The ends of these 

 feathers are black. See illustration, Plate 75. 



Back and Saddle. The back, from beneath the hackle and 

 almost to the end of the saddle, is silvery white. The striped 

 feathers of the saddle extend up and over the sickle feathers, the 

 silvery white plumage of the back merging into these striped 

 feathers. 



Tail. The main tail feathers are black, and the sickles and 

 tail-coverts are black emblazoned with a lustrous greenish sheen. 

 This sheen must have a greenish-black and not a purplish shade, 

 which is most undesirable. 



Breast. The breast, the body, the underbody plumage about 

 the thighs and the fluff are black ; the latter may be slightly 

 tinged with gray. 



Undercolor. Undercolor in all sections should be slate. The 

 same shade of undercolor is desirable in the females for breeding. 



Toes. Shanks and toes are yellow or dusky yellow. 



