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ties, brilliant red, very thin, and smooth in texture. Ear-lobes, bril- 

 liant, red, small, thin, and smooth in texture. 



Eyes ; Red, or deep bay, large, prominent and bright, with a quick 

 alid fearless expression, and perfectly alike in color. 



Neck : Rather long and nicely arched, the hackle a clear straw- 

 color, free from black stripes. 



Back : Rather short, flat, broad across the shoulders, and narrowing 

 to the tail, the plumage a rich, uniform, bright copper or maroon, the 

 more even, clear and unmixed in color the better; the stern slender 

 and neat, and the saddle-feathers very short and close, and of straw 

 color. 



Breast and Body : Breast, rich black, broad, full and round. Body, 

 very firm and muscular, not soft or hollow on the sides, broadest at 

 the shoulders, and tapering to the tail ; the under part of the body a 

 rich black. 



Wings : Of medium length and powerful, the butts and shoulders 

 slightly faised, as if for a sudden spring ; the remainder not drooping, 

 but carried compactly against the sides, the points resting under the 

 saddle feathers ; primaries straw-white on the outside web, dark on the 

 inside web ; the secondaries white on the outside web, dark on the 

 inside, and also at the ends of the feathers; wing-butts, black; wing- 

 covests, steel blue or metallic black, forming a wide bar across the 

 wings. 



Tail Black, of medium length, carried well together, and at a 

 moderate elevation ; sickle feathers and tail-coverts a rich metallic or 

 greenish-black. 



Legs . Thighs, rich black, rather long, round, stout, hard and firm, 

 and placed well forward on the body. Shanks, willow, olive, yellow 

 or blue, rather long, clean, bony and strong, and standing well and 

 evenly apart ; the scales smooth and close, and the spurs set on low. 

 Feet, broad, thin and flat ; the toes long, straight and spreading, and 

 well furnished with strong nails ; the hind-toes set low on the feet, 

 standing well backwards, and flat on the gsound, and not merely 

 touching with the points, or duck-footed, 



Hardness of Feather : Bady-feathers, short, hard and firm ; quills, 

 very hard and strong. 



