APPENDIX 



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Disqualifications. 



Plumage any color but black, presence of 

 crest, feathered legs, deformity of any kind, 

 legs any color but black or dark. 



BANTAMS. 

 GAME BANTAMS. 



GENERAL SHAPE AND COLOR. 



The same as in the corresponding varieties 

 of Game Fowls. 



Points in Game Bantams. 



Smallness of Size 2 



Color 3 



Shape of Head and Neck. . . 2 

 " Body and Wings.. 2 



Tail". 2 



Thighs, Legs, and 



Toes *. 2 



Condition 2 



15 



Disqualifications. 



Cocks above 24 oz. or hens above 20 oz. ; 

 adult cocks undubbed, color of legs not uni- 

 form in the pen, birds not matching in the 

 pen. 



SEBRIGHT BANTAMS. 



GENERAL SHAPE THE COCK. 



Comb Double, square in front, fitting close 

 and straight on the head, the top covered 

 with small points, with a peak behind 

 turning slightly upwards. 



Head Small, round in front, carried well 

 back towards the tail. 



Beak Short, slightly curved. 



Eye Full. 



Wattles Broad, rounded on the lower edge. 



Deaf-eai' Flat. 



Neck Neat and taper, quite free from 

 hackle feathers. 



Breast Round, full, and carried prominent- 

 ly forward. 



Back Very short, perfectly free from saddle 

 feathers. 



Wings Ample, the points carried very low, 

 almost touching the ground. 



Tail Square, similar to the hen, free from 

 sickle or curved feathers, the feathers 

 broadest towards the end. 



Tail Coverts Straight, round at the end and 

 lying close to the sides of the tail. 



Thighs Very short. 



Legs Short, slender, and very taper. 



Plumage Close, perfectly hen-feathered. 



Carriage Very upright and strutting. 



THE HEN. 



Very similar to the cock. The comb and 

 wattles much smaller, and the head neater. 



COLOR OP GOLD-LACED SEBRIGHTS. 



Head, Face, and Wattles Rich red. 



Deaf -ear White. 



Plumage Rich golden yellow, every feather 

 laced with rich black, that is, having a 

 narrow, even, well-defined rich black edge 

 all round the feathers ; the two colors dis- 

 tinct, and not shading into each other, the 

 lacing of the same width on the sides us 

 on the ends of the feathers. 



Legs Slaty blue. 



COLOR OP SILVER-LACED SEBRIGHTS. 



.Similar to the golden, substituting silvery 

 white for the golden yellow ground color. 



Points in Sebrights. 



Plumage most evenly and 



distinctly laced throughout 4 

 Purity of Ground Color in 

 Silver, and richness and 

 clearness of Ground Color 



in Golden 2 



Comb i a 



Tail 1 



Smallness 2 



Symmetry 2 



Condition, and General Ap- 

 pearance 2 



15 



Disqualifications. 



Cocks weighing more than 20 oz. ; hens 

 more than 18 oz. 



Cocks having either hackle, saddle or 

 sickle feathers. 



Legs of any color except slate blue. 



