APPENDIX. 



19J- 



Points in Silver Gray Dorkings. 



Size 3 



Color 3 



Head and Comb 2 



Legs, Feet, and toes 2 



Symmetry- 



Condition 2 



.15 



Disqualifications. 



Birds without the fifth toe, or with crooked 

 backs, wry tails, combs not uniform in the 

 pen, white in cock's breast or tail, leg's of 

 any color except white. 



COLORED DORKINGS. 

 The color in these not material, providing 

 the birds match in the pen. 



Points in Colored Dorkings. 



Size 5 



Head and Comb 2 



Legs, Feet, and Toes 2 



Symmetry 4 



Condition 2 



15 



Disqualifications. 



Birds without the fifth toe, or with crook- 

 ed backs, wry tails, combs not matching in 

 the pen, legs of any other color except 

 white. 



WHITE DORKINGS. 

 Comb, Face,and Wattles Rich red. 



The whole of the plumage in both cock 

 and hen pure white, the more free from yel- 

 low tinge the better. 

 Legs White. 



Points in Wfiite Dorkings. 



Size 4 



Purity of White Plumage. . . 2 



Head and Comb 2 



Legs, Feet, and Toes 2 



Symmetry 3 



Condition 2 



15 



Disqualifications. 

 Birds without the fifth toe, or with crook- 



ed backs or wry tails, combs not uniform in 

 the pen, colored feathers in any part of the 

 plumage. 



SPANISH. 

 GENERAL SHAPE. 



THE COCK. 



Beak Dark horn color, rather long and 

 stout. 



Comb Bright red, large, single, stiff, erect, 

 straight, free from twists in front or falling 

 over to either side at the back, deeply ser- 

 rated, rising from the beak betwixt the 

 fore part of the nostrils, and extending in 

 an arched form over the back of the head, 

 free from excrescences or side-sprigs, and 

 not of too great thickness at the edge. 



Head Long, broad, and deep-sided. 



Eyes Large, the sight perfectly free, and 

 not obstructed by the- white. 



Face Pure opaque white, long and deep, 

 the greater breadth of surface the better, 

 providing it is smooth, free from wrinkles, 

 and the sight not obstructed, rising well 

 over the eye towards the comb in an 

 arched form, extending towards the back 

 of the head, and also to the base of the 

 beak, covering the cheeks, and joining the 

 ear-lobes and wattles. 



Ear-lobes Pure opaque white, very large 

 and pendant, rather thin, smooth, well ex- 

 panded and free from folds or wrinkles, 

 extending well on each side of the neck, 

 hanging down very low, not pointed, but 

 regularly rounded in the lower part, and 

 meeting in front, behind the wattles. 



Wattles Bright red ; very long, thin, ribbon- 

 like, and pendulous ; the inside of the 

 upper part, and skin betwixt, white! 



Neck Long, well hackled. 



Breast Round, full, and prominent. 



Back Slanting down to the tail. 



Body Wedge-shaped, narrowing- to the tail. 



Wings Large, carried well up to the body. 



Tail Large, expanded and rather upright, 

 but not carried over the back, or squirrel 

 tailed. 



Sickle Feathers Large and well curved. 



ThigTisLiong and slender. 



Legs Long, dark leaden blue, or blue. 



Plumage Rich glossy black, having a me- 



