yUDGING LA-VCASHIRE CoPPIES. 



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and the package is less likely to be crushed or turned upside down than one which, however 

 conspicuously labelled, is not at once suggestive of its character. 



We conclude with a Scale of Points, which we have worked out in detail, and have endeavoured 

 to give to each item both its relative value in connection with the leading feature of which we 

 think it forms a part, and also, as near as we can estimate, its value when compared with othei 

 individual items and as part of the whole. 



SCALES OF POINTS FOR JUDGING LANCASHIRE COPPIES. 

 CLEAR BIRDS. 



Maximum. 



Points of Merit. 



Crest. Shape of : depending on— 



Form of individual feathers : ovate ... ... 5 



Centre : Position of : set far back on the crown. 

 Size of: a point, literally having "posi- 

 tion without magnitude"... ... 3 



Radiation: perfect in every direction ... ... 5 



Fall of feathers : drooping ... ... ... 4 



Front: broad ... ... ... ... ... 4 



Back : well filled 4 



Size of : depending on — 



Length of feather... ... ... ... ... 10 



Density, or quantity of feather ... ... ... 10 



Size of Bird — Length and generally massive build 



Shape of Bird— Neck : moderately long, straight 3 



Shoulders : broad, well covered, and well filled 3 



Back : broad, long, straight, and well filled ... 3 

 Breast : round, full, and smooth, with body 



long and tapering 3 



Wings : long and evenly carried ; tail, compact 3 



Feather — Body-feather : dense, with long, silky 



flue 



Attitude — Erect, easy stand on long, stout legs ; 

 head, neck, back, and tail in a straight line... 



Colour — For purity and depth : beak, legs, and feet 

 of Clear birds to be free from discoloration ... 



Condition — Health, with sound, clean feather ... 



Total 



Negative Properties 



The crest of a Lancashire Coppy should not be formed o 

 small daisy-petal feathers, nor of such as are fringy in texture. 

 The "centre" should not be too near the front of the head, 

 nor should it be in the form of a clear, open area, nor as a line 

 or parting in the middle. The crest should not be deficient in 

 true radiation at the back or in any other place, nor should the 

 feathers lie flat on the head or project without drooping, or 

 assume any position other than falling away from the centre. 

 It should not be narrow or short in front, nor should there be a 

 vacancy of any kind at the back. It must not be small or 

 wanting in quantity of feather. 



The bird itself must not be other than large and massive in 

 its proportions, and should not have a thin neck, prominent or 

 open shoulders, narrow, hollow back, or narrow, ruffled breast; 

 neither should it be short in the body, nor carry its wings crossed 

 at the tips nor its tail like an open fan. The body-featlier 

 should not be loose or disorderly, nor deficient in quantity. 

 The bird should not stand in other than an erect attitude. It 

 should not be undecided in colour, nor should a Clear bird 

 exhibit a single ticked feather in crest or body; neither should it 

 have dark or discoloured beak, legs, or feet, nor be shown 

 other than with perfect feather and in clean condition. 



Applied to Plainheads, the above scale requires modifying, the following being what wc 

 consider an equable adjustment of values : — 



PLAINHEADS. 



Points of Merit. 



Size — For length and massive proportions... 

 Shape — For "Coppy" features, 5 points each ... 

 Head— Large, flat, broad, and with overhanging eyebrows 

 Balance — For "Coppy" features as before 



Total 



Maximum. 

 ... 30 



Negative Properties. 



A Plainhead should not exhibit any feature opposed to the 

 character of a Coppy, and, specially, should not have a small, 

 round, narrow, or contracted style of head, or show any dis- 

 position to be slim or puny in its build or curved in the line of 

 its stand. 



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