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THE AMERICAN 
Wings: Of medium length and powerful, the butts and 
shoulders slightly raised, as if for a sudden spring; the re- 
mainder not drooping, but carried compactly against the sides, 
tlie points resting under the saddle-feathers: primaries, white 
on the outside web, dark on the inside web; 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: 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 spreading, and well furnished with strong 
nails; the hind-toes set low on the feet, standing Avell back- 
Avards, 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, and very neat 
in appearance: — Beak, willow or bronze, slightl}^ 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, bright red, small, thin and neatly rounded 
on the edges: — Ear-lobes, bright red, very small, and close to 
the face. 
