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SWALLOW STANDARD. 



Shape — Chubby and croucliiug. 



Head — Dove-shaped, showing an indentation over the 

 wattle; rather low, but slightly convex on the crown. 



Beak — Slender, rather long and straight, the upjier man- 

 dible dark, the under one light in color. 



Wattle — Very small and smooth, showing a wliitish 

 bloom. 



Eye Ceke — Vei'y fine in texture and dark in color. 



Eyes — Black or " bull-eyed. " 



Neck — Short and rather thick or cobby in appearance, but 

 having no sign ot gullet. 



Sil'ouLDEiiS — Broad and rather full-set, the back being also 

 wide and Hat. 



Legs — Short and rather witle apart. 



Markings— Whole body white, with the exception of the 

 cap, wings and the leg and foot feathering below the hooks. 



Cap — Extending from tiie wattle to the back of skull at a 

 clean-cut line, dividing the dark skull plumage from the 

 white of the lower part of head, such line of demarcation to 

 bo drawn from the juncture of the mandibles straight under 

 the eyes o . to the back oi the upper part ot the head, just 

 fringing but not intruding into the white lining of the crest. 



C'KESi. -To extend from back of eye to eye, rising about 

 one-quarter of an inch ovei the cap, showing cup-like cavity, 

 I Lit not resting on or touching the head ; the crest sliould be 

 ivholly white including the inner lining. 



Wings -All small and large feathers dark below the scap- 

 ula plumage; this should form a kind of heart-shaped white 

 saddle lying at the top of the shoulder end of the back. 

 Flight feathers long and wide in web. 



TArr.— Wholly white; the larger tail feathers should be 

 rather long and wide in web. 



