STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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Wings: Brownish-red, 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; primaries 
and secondaries, brownish-red, — wing-bows and shoulder-cov- 
erts, rich red. 
Tail: Black, of medium length, carried well together and 
at a moderate elevation, — tail-coverts, rich black, the lesser 
coverts edged with red. 
Legs: Thighs, dusky-red, rather long, round, stout, hard 
and firm, and placed well forward on the body : — Shanks, olive, 
dark-willow, or bronzy-black, 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 
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: Yellowish-brown, long, slender, tapering, and very 
neat in appearance: — Beak, olive, or bronzy-black, slightly 
curved, sharp at the point and stout at the base. 
Comb, Wattles and Ear-lobes: Comb, purplish-red, 
single, small and thin, low in front, evenly serrated, and per- 
fectly erect and straight: — Wattles, dark-red, small, thin, and 
neatly rounded on the edges: — Ear-lobes, dark-red, very small, 
and close to the face. 
Eyes: Brown or black, large, prominent and bright, with a 
quick, fiery expression, and perfectly alike in color. 
Neck: Golden-yellow, striped with black; long, the feathers 
very short, giving the neck a slender and graceful appearance. 
