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APPENDIX. 



SILVER-SPANGLED POLISH. 



Color and marking the same as in Golden 

 substituting Silvery White Ground for 

 Golden Bay. 



Points in Spangled Polish. 



Size of Crest 3 



Shape of do 3 



Color of do 1 



Plumage accurately marked 

 according to the foregoing 



rules 2 



Purity of Ground Color 1 



Bars 1 



Symmetry 2 



Condition 2 



15 



Disqualifications. 



Crooked Backs, wry tails, legs of any 

 other color except blue. 



SULTANS. 



THE COCK. 



Comb Composed of hackle feathers, full, 

 and arched over the eyes, and round 

 head, full in center, and falling softly and 

 evenly round at back, not straight and 

 stiff as in Polish; the front free from 

 feathers falling forward, and neatly arched 

 at both sides. 



Beak Brilliant white, tinged with red at 

 base, very curved, and with broad cavern- 

 ous nostrils. 



Comb Invisible, or two small spikes, bril- 

 liantly red. 



Muffling Thick and close round the throat, 

 meeting the crest, and covering the face. 



Eye Bright, vivacious, and intelligent. 



Wattles Small and rather shriveled. 



Neck Rather short, carried well back, very 

 arched, and very thickly hackled, 



Breast Deep, full, round, and carried well 

 forward. 



Body Very square, deep, and carried low. 



Back Straight, and rather broad. 



Wings Ample, and carried down. 



Tail Large, erect, and well sickled. 



TJiigJis Very short and well feathered. 



Legs Very short, feathered to the toes, with 

 full, long vulture hocks. 



Toes Straight, five in number. 

 Color of Plumage Brilliantly white through- 

 out. 

 Carriage Rather low, brisk, and vivacious. 



THE HEN. 



Crest Full, round, close, and globular. 



Eye Bright and intelligent. 



Muffling Very thick and close round the 

 throat, going well back, covering the face 

 und meeting the crest. 



Beak Curved, clear, transparent white. 



Neck Short, fully arched, and very thickly 

 feathered, carried well back. 



/>raw -Full, deep, and prominent. 



Back Straight and broad. 



Body Very square, and carried low and 

 forward. 



Wings Full, and carried low. 



Tail Large, erect, and well expanded. 



Thighs Very short, and well feathered. 



foc/sVeVy short, feathered to the toes, 

 with full, large vulture hocks. 



Toes Five in number. 



Color of Plumage Brilliantly white through- 

 out. 



Carriage* Low, forward, brisk, and lively. 



Points 



Crest 4 



Muffling 3 



Shape. 3 



Leg-feathering 3 



Condition 2 



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Disqualifications. 



Any color but white in the plumage, 

 crooked crest, bare red face, or absence of 

 nuffling, deficiency of leg- feathering, or ab- 

 sence of vulture hocks, beak any color but 

 white, deformity of any kind. 



. HOUDANS. 



THE COCK. 



Crest Com posed of hackle feathers, full, 

 and well arched, falling back, and right 

 and left of comb, clear of the eye, rather 

 than over it. 



