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Legs. — Of medium length, good muscular thighs and well 

 set back. 



Carriage. — Erect and bold. 



Colors.— BLUE. The wings, body, rump and thighs a deep 

 rich blue of uniform shade throughout, the neck 

 dark and lustrous. 



BLUE CHEQUER. Ground color and neck same as in 

 blues, the chequering upon wings, body, rump and 

 thighs even and distinct as possible. 



RED CHEQUER. The ground color, flights and tail 

 "mealy" or creamy grey shade, the chequering upon 

 wing, body, rump and thighs a dark but sound red, 

 with neck lustrous. 



RED. A uniform, deep, rich red throughout, and 

 lustrous on the neck. 



SILVER. The wings, body, rump and thighs uniform 

 light silvery tint (not creamy) the head and neck 

 lustrous, and breast free from bronziness. Two 

 uniform black bars on wing and one broad black bar 

 across end of tail. 



SILVER DUN. Wings, body, rump, thighs "mealy" 

 or creamy grey, dun or reddish neck with two uni- 

 form dun or reddish bars on wings and no bar on tail. 



BLACK. A uniform, deep, rich black throughout, 

 lustrous on the neck. 



WHITE. Pure white with satin lustre on the neck. 



SPLASHED. Any standard colored bird having a 

 foreign color in its plumage to be classed as a splash. 

 A standard colored bird with white rump is not con- 

 sidered a splash. 



Bar Markings. — In blues, blue chequers and silvars, two 

 even and distinct black bars across wing and a broad 

 black bar across tail. In red chequers, similar to 

 above, except that the bars are red instead of black. 



Condition — Clean, hard, muscular and plump, but not fat. 



Disqualifications. — Feathered legs, broken eyes, plucking 

 and trimming. 

 Scale of the value of each point: head 10, beak 2, 

 wattle 3, eye 5, cere 3, neck 5, back 5, chest 5, body 

 5, wings and fl'ghts 15, tail 4, carriage 5, size 5, color 

 10, condition 15, legs 8 ; total 100. 



