THE PIGEOK STANDARD. 



THE SCANDAROON. 



Size.-=-Decidedly large. 



Skull. — Should be long, narrow and very arched from the 

 wattle to the back of the cranium. This arched 

 jieculiarity is continued all along the surface of a 

 long, rather roovy wattle, aud stout, long, bene beak 

 both mandibles of which should curve well' down- 

 wards, and be very close fitting; from the tip of the 

 beak to the back of the head at its juncture with the 

 neck it should present an elongated semi-circular 

 outline. 



Eye. — The eye is surrounded by a fleshy, ruby-red ceie; in 

 all whole or self colors, except whites, the iris should 

 be either pearl or orange in color; in whites aud pied 

 specimens it should be black or "bull-eyed." 



Wattle. — Long and full, but not coarse or projecting beyond 

 the sweep of profile appertaining to the whole head- 

 piece. 



Neck. — Long and slender, well scooped out at the throat and 

 rather arched or swan-like in carriage. 



Shoulders.— Uroad and flat. 



Chest. — Wide and full but not prominent, the breast bone 

 straight and well developed. 



Back. — Flat, slightly sloping downwards to the rump and 

 tail. . 



Wing Butts. — Very stent, projecting beyond the chest, 

 coverts close set to the sides of the body. 



Flights. — Bather short, stiong in shafts, tightly folded and 

 carried up over rump, resting on extremities of tail. 



Tail. — Rather short, narrow and carried well clear of the 

 flooi. 



Legs. — Long and very muscular, the lower joints of the thigh 

 being distinctly visible when the bird is standing 

 upright. 



Feathering. — On the neck, shoulders and thighs the feath- 

 ers should be close fitting, even to scantiness. 



Colors. — All solid colors and pied. 



Markings. — In pied varieties the lower part of the neck, the 

 breast, back, i-ump and tail, as also a saddle cut on 

 the top of the back across the shoulders, are all of 

 dark tints, the rest of the plumage being white in 

 Magpie fashion. The head and upper part of the 

 neck are also white, with the exception of two 

 "almond-shaped" patches extending from the root 

 of the under mandible, widening lengthways below 

 the eye to tho ear-holes. 



