STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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jfiYES: Red, or deep bay, large, prominent and bright, with 
a quick, fiery expression, and perfectly alike in color. 
Neck: Sih^ery- white, striped with black, long, the feathers 
very short, giving the neck a slender and gracefnl appearance. 
Back: Silvery or asl^-gray, the shafts of feathers white, flat, 
of moderate length, broad across the shoulders, and narrow- 
ing to the tail. 
Breast and Body: Breast, salmon, broad, round and 
prominent: — Body, very firm and muscular, broadest at the 
shoulders and tapering to the tail. 
Wings: Of medium length and powerful, the butts and 
shoulders carried somewhat high, so as to cause a flat back, the 
points not drooping, but carried compactly against the sides: 
the primaries, secondaries, and wing-coverts gray ; wing-bows, 
ashy-gray, the shafts of feathers Avhite, — red or brown on the 
wings very objectionable. 
Tail: Dark gray, approaching black, moderate in length, 
not carried over the back, but extending backwards, the feath- 
ers not spread out, but held neatly together. 
Legs: Thighs, ashy-gray, stout and round, and the feathers 
short and close: — Shanks, long, bony, clean and tapering, the 
scales narrow, smooth and close, and to match the cock's, in 
color, when placed on exhibition: — Feet, broad, flat and thin; 
toes, long, straight and spreading, well furnished with strong 
nails; the hind toes set low on the feet, standing well back- 
wards, and not duck-footed. 
Hardness of Feather: Body-feathers, short, close, hard, 
and firm, — quills, very hard and strong. 
Carriage: Neat, upright, quick and active. 
points in silver duckwing games. 
Symmetry, . . . . . .10 
Condition, ...... 6 
Station, . . • . . . .12 
Color, . 12 
