PLYMOUTH ROCK STANDARD AND BREED BOOK 313 



Body and Fluff. Body, white, except under wings, where it 

 may be bluish-white ; fluff, white. 



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

 Undercolor of All Sections Except Breast. Bluish-slate. 



COLOR OF FEMALE 



Head. Plumage, white. 



Beak. Yellow, with dark stripe down upper mandible. 



Eyes. Reddish-bay. 



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



Neck. Feathers beginning at juncture of head, web, a broad, 

 solid lustrous greenish-black, with a narrow lacing of white 

 extending around the outer edge of each feather ; greater portion 

 of shaft, black ; feathers in front of neck, white. 



Wings. Bows, white; coverts, white; primaries, black, with 

 white edging on lower edge of lower webs ; secondaries, lower 

 portion of lower webs, white, sufficient to secure a white wing- 

 bay, the white extending around the ends and lacing upper por- 

 tion of upper webs, this color growing wider in the shorter 

 secondaries, sufficient to show white on surface when wing is 

 folded ; remainder of each secondary, black. 



Back. White; cape, black and white. 



Tail. Black, except the two top feathers which are laced 

 with white ; coverts, black with a narrow lacing of white. 



Breast. Surface, white ; undercolor bluish-white, at juncture 

 of body, bluish-slate. 



Body and Fluff. Body, white, except under wings where it 

 may be bluish-white ; fluff, white. 



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



Undercolor of All Sections Except Breast. Bluish-slate. 



COLOR OF COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH ROCKS 



A chapter under this heading will, as a matter of course, be 

 expected to discuss defects of both color and markings when 

 dealing with parti-colored varieties. 



The Color. Both male and female of this variety have but 

 two colors, white mainly, with markings of black in certain sec- 

 tions. In all sections where white is required, a surface of clear, 

 pure white is desired and required. The black should be a 

 positive black in all sections where required. The black strip- 

 ing of the neck, tail-coverts and sickles should have that beau- 



