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Neck ; Rather long and nicely arched, hackle short and close, clear 

 white, without any mixture of black or any other color. 



Back : Silvery-white, rather short, flat, broad across the shoulders, 

 and narrowing to the tail ; the stern slender and neat, and the saddle- 

 feathers a clear white, and very short and close. 



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

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

 the shoulders and tapering towards the tail ; the urider part of the 

 body Mack. 



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

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

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

 saddle feathers ; the primaries white on the outside web, and dark on 

 the inside web ; the secondaries a clear white on the outside web, 

 black on the inside web and on the ends of the feathers ; wing-bows, 

 silvery-white. wing-butts, black, and wing-coverts, a steel-blue, forming 

 wide bars across the wings. 



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

 moderate elevation; tail-coverts, a metallic or greenish- black, and 

 nicely curved. 



Legs and Feet : Thighs, black, rather long, round, stout, hard and 

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

 bronze or blue, rather long, bony, clean 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 spread- 

 ing, and v.-ell furnished with strong nails ; the hind toes set low on the 

 feet, standing well backwards, and flat on the ground, and not merely 

 touching with the points, or duck-footed. 



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

 very hard and strong. 



THE HEN. 



Head : Silvery-gray, long, slender, tapering, very neat in appear- 

 ance- Beak, willow or bronze, slightly curved, sharp at the point, and 

 stout at the base. 



Comb, Wattles and Ear-lobes : Comb, single, small and thin, low 

 in front, evenly serrated, and perfectly erect and straight. Wattles, 



