THE PIGEON STAKDARD 



called "Stocking-legged."' The feet should have 

 longer feathers, so thickly set as to leave no bare 

 places on the toes exposed^ The feathers should 

 spread from the foot rather suddenly, forming what 

 is denominated the "Slipper." 



Beak. — Fine, mandibles straight, the upper showing slight 

 curve at tip and slightly over reaching the lower. 



Beak Wattle. — Small and fine in texture. 



Eye Cere. — Fine and thread-like. 



Carriage. — Upright. 



Movements. — Majestic and proud, with head and crop aloft, 

 gait opposed to straddling — graceful. 



Colors. — PiEDS ; black, blue, red and yellow. Plain Colok; 

 white. Off Colors ; mealies, saudles, chequers, sil- 

 vers and splashes. 



Markings. — Pieds; the head is colored, also the whole neck 

 and back, including the wing coverts and crop, ex- 

 cept a crescent-shaped band of white passing around 

 the front of the crop, the points or horns reaching 

 within a short distance of the eye. The bib or colored 

 patch coming down from the throat and forming the 

 upper edge of the "Crescent" should be large and 

 well defined. There should also be a few white 

 feathers on the shoulders, which are desired, as 

 nearly as may be, to fall separately one from the 

 other in a small circular patch called the "Eose 

 Pinion." These white feathers should be free from 

 the edge of the wing butt. In blacks and blues the 

 color extends to the end of the tall. Blues should 

 have black bars across the wings and tail. In all 

 colored varieties, the flights, thighs, legs and feet, 

 also the entire under part of the body from the keel, 

 or line across the breast, should be pure white. 

 Whites — Plumage pure white throughout. The four 

 representative colors, excepting blue, should be deep 

 and rich in hue. The blue should be light, bright 

 and even color. 



Color of Eyes — In the pied varieties, a bright red or orange; 

 in whites dark or bull. 



Disqualifications. — Trimming, plucking, coloring or any 

 artificial alteration, out of condition from disease, 

 any decided deformity, for whites; stained beak; col- 

 ored feathers ; or if eyes are not bull. 



