STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 77 
Wings, ....... 4 
Tail, 7 
Legs, ....... 6 
Feet, 6 
Hardness of Feather, ..... 5 
100 
SPANGLED GAMES. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Adult cocks not dubbed; color of legs or plumage not match- 
ing, when shown in pairs or trios; crooked backs; lory tails, 
duck-feet', any artificial coloriiig; trimming or plucking foul 
feathers. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Long, thin and tapering, and very strong at its junc- 
tion with the neck: — Beak, yellow, willow, olive or bronzy- 
black, slightly curved, and strong at the base. 
Comb, Wattles and Ear-lobes: Comb, in chickens that 
have not been dubbed, single, small and thin, low in front, 
serrated, erect and straight, — mature birds to be neatly dubbed, 
and free from warty excrescences, small feathers, or ridges on 
the edges: — Wattles, red, very thin and smooth in texture: — 
Ear-lobes, red, small, thin, and smooth in texture. 
Eyes: Red, bay or dark, large, prominent and bright, 
with a quick and fearless. expression, and perfectly alike in 
color. 
Neck: Rather long and nicely arched, — hackle, short and 
close, and, in colors, either black and white, red and white, 
blue and white, buff and white, or any clearly defined combi- 
nation. 
