PLYMOUTH ROCK STANDARD AND BREED BOOK 275 



CHAPTER II. 

 PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTH ROCK PLUMAGE 



STANDARD DESCRIPTION 



Disqualifications 



Positive white in main tail feathers, sickles or secondaries ; 

 shanks other than yellow or dusky yellow. (See general and 

 Plymouth Rock disqualifications.) 



COLOR OF MALE 



Head. Plumage, bright red. 



Beak. Dark horn, shading to yellow at point. 



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 rich, brilliant red, uniform in width, 

 extending around point of feather ; shaft, black ; plumage in 

 front of hackle, black. 



Wings. Fronts, black; bow, rich, brilliant red; coverts, 

 lustrous greenish-black, forming a well-defined bar of this color 

 across wings when folded; primaries, black, lower edges, red- 

 dish-bay ; secondaries, black, outside webs, reddish-bay, termi- 

 nating with greenish-black at end of each feather. 



Back. Rich, brilliant red with lustrous greenish-black stripe 

 down the middle of each feather, same as in hackle. 



Tail. Black; sickles and smaller sickles, lustrous greenish- 

 black ; coverts, lustrous greenish-black, edged with rich, brilliant 

 red. 



Breast. Lustrous black. 



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

 with red. 



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



Undercolor of All Sections. Slate. 



COLOR OF FEMALE 



Head. Plumage, mahogany-brown. 



Beak. Dark horn, shading to yellow at point. 



Eyes. Reddish-bay. 



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



