STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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Comb: Pea, small and low, firm and even upon the head, 
with delicate but distinctly defined serrations, and, in color, 
bright red. 
Wattles and Ear-lobes: Wattles, brilliant red, small, 
neatly rounded and fine in texture: — Ear-lobes, rich red, well 
developed, and fine in texture. 
J^eck: Short, carried forward, the lower part broad and full, 
and of a rich reddish gold color, with a broad black stripe down 
the middle of the feathers, and the hackle-feathers reaching 
well over the shoulders. 
Back: Broad, flat and short, with the cushion rising from 
the middle thereof and partially covering the tail, and, in 
color brown, handsomely penciled with deeper brown. 
Breast and Body: Breast, broad, full and carried rather 
low; in color, brown, distinctly and handsomely penciled with 
darker brown, the penciling being well developed over the 
breast, and reaching well up towards the throat: — Body, deep 
and broad behind, the general plumage brown, distinctly 
penciled with a deeper brown. 
Wings: Small, the primaries well folded under the second- 
aries, so as to be concealed when the wings are closed, the 
wing-bows neatly covered by the breast feathers, and the 
points well concealed in the fluff", — primaries, a very dark 
brown or blackish-brown, — secondaries, the inner-web a 
blackish-brown, and the outer-web a blackish-brown, penciled 
with a light brown, — the wing-coverts being quite similar in 
color and penciling to the same characteristics of the breast. 
Tail: Short, small, carried horizontally, and almost hidden 
in the cushion; the main tail-feathers black. ' 
Fluff: Very abundant and soft, standing out about the 
thighs, giving the bird a very broad and deep apiiearance be- 
hind, and, in color, brown. 
Legs, Tliighs, large, abundantly covered with soft, fluffy 
feathers, curving inward around the hock, so as nearly to hide 
the joint: — Shanks, yellow, or dusky-yellow, short, stout, wide 
