SILVER PENCILED JVYANDOTTES. 



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No. 2 we have the barring referred to in breast and body. 

 At the same time the feather does not looU bad from the 



Pig. 68. 



surface, but under the Standard rules will be cut severely 

 for it. Six of the points allowed for wings in the Ameri- 

 can class are assigned to color, so that in cutting this 

 feather 1% points we are not cutting it any too severely, 

 considering the defects. 



Feather No. 3 is entirely too light underneath and 

 on the specimen showed a mossy surface, almost entirely 



lacking in the silvery-gray so much admired in this variety. 

 Feather is quite well penciled on' one side of shaft, but 

 almost entirely lacking on the other, and should be dis- 

 counted 2 points. 



Feather No. 4 is smutty and uneven, having some 

 black splotches in outer white lacing, and although the 

 wing shows better on surface than No. 3, it is quite de- 

 fective, and should be discounted 1% points. 



Feather No. 5 is too dark in penciling, lacing uneven, 

 more after the form of barring, and is quite dark on sur- 

 face. This feather should be discounted 1% points. 



The Standard, in describing the color of this section, 

 says: "Primaries, black, lower edge penciled with gray; 

 secondaries, upper web dull black, lower web gray, with 

 distinct dark penciling; shoulders and wing coverts, same 

 color as breast and body, well and distinctly penciled; 

 under color, dark slate." 



In Fig. 68, feather No. 1 I would consider correct — 

 black, lower edge penciled with gray. 



In No. 2 we have a feather that shows too much white, 

 the outer edging being more white than gray, and opposite 

 side of shait showing quite a bit of white. A wing show- 

 ing feathers like this should be discounted 1 point. 



Feather No. 3 has the same defect, only magnified, 

 having more white than feather No. 2, and should be dis- 

 counted 1% points. 



Feather No. 4 is a secondary feather, and while it 

 is a little bit light down towards the lower end, the feather 

 is about as nearly correct as you will find them, and answers 

 wfell the Standard description — upper web dull black, lower 

 web gray, with distinct dark penciling. 



Tail. 



This section is valued at five points for color, and 

 should be black, except two highest main tail feathers, 

 usually termed the ''deck feathers," which are penciled on 

 upper edge. We sometimes find white or gray running 

 into the main tail feathers, which should be black, and our 

 description of defects in primaries and secondaries of wing 

 will answer for this section, as the cuts there would fall 

 equally as heavy on this section. 



