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Badges. — Head markings, a snip or blaze up front of face, 

 with full white beard extending from back of eye to 

 back of eye under beak, forming a bib, with dark 

 pear-shaped patches, called whiskers, extending into 

 it from the centre of the lower mandible, also a dot 

 the size of a hempseed over each eye. The body 

 color should be dark, except foot feathering and 

 primary flights, which should be white. Beak, fleth 

 color. 



Beards. — ^The beaid or chuck should be smaK, not extending 

 beypnd the centre of the eye, of semicircular shape 

 and in line with the centre of the beak. Primary 

 flights and mufEs white. The rest of the body sound 

 even color throughout. Beak, flesh color. 



Self Colors.— BLACK. Color, deep and sound, showing a 

 green metallic lustre, with metallic green hackle. 

 .Beak and Toe-nails, black. 



KED. Color, rich, sound, even throughout, with a 

 lustrous copper hackle free from green. Beak, flesh 

 color. 



YELLOW. Color, rich golden, even throughout, 

 hackle showing a pink, lustre free from green. Beak, 

 flesh color. 



WHITE. Should possess a satin silvery appearance. 

 Beak and Toe-nails, white. 



DUN. Color, sound and even throughout, with a 

 metallic green hackle. Beak, horn color. 



Barred. — BLUE. Color, clear, bright and sound, with broad, 

 even blank bars, the hackle showing a green metallic 

 lustre. Beak, black. 



SILVER. Color, very light and silvery, with broad, 

 even, black bars, hackle showing a green metallic 

 lustre. Beak, horn color. 



CHEQUER. — Distinctly and evenly marked through- 

 out, in two shades according to color. 



Almonds. — Ground color, rich, sound and even, in tint that 

 of the inside of the shell of the almondnut. Markings, 

 head, neck, chest, rump and" wing coverts, evenly 

 spangled with rich black splashes. Flights and 

 tail showing in uneven patches lhree distinct colors: 

 aln-.ond, black and white. Beak, horn color. 



