STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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PEA-COMB PARTRIDGE COCHIRfS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Combs other than Pea, or falling over to either side; birds 
not matching in the show-pen; cocks with mottled breasts, hens 
with pale buff or clay-colored breasts; or without penciling; 
primary wing-feathers twisted; crooked backs; wry-tails; vulture 
hocks; absence of leg-feathering ; white in the tail of cockerels; 
cocks not weighing nine pounds; hens not weighing seven and a 
half pounds; cockerels not weighing seven and a half pounds; 
pullets not weighing six pounds. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Rather short and small, and in color, a rich brilliant 
red: — Eyes, bright, clear and mild in expression: — Beak, 
curved, stout at the base, rather short, and yellow or horn- 
color. 
Comb: Pea, small, lower in front and rear than in the cen- 
tre; firm on the head without falling over to either side, and 
distinctly divided so as to have the appearance of three small 
combs joined together, the largest and highest in the middle, 
and each part slightly and evenly serrated, — color, rich red. 
Wattles and Ear-lobes: Wattles of medium length, 
well rounded and fine in texture: — Ear-lobes, large, pendant, 
fine in texture, and in color, rich red. 
Neck: Short and neatly curved ; hackle, rich red, or orange- 
red, with a distinct black stripe down the middle of the 
feathers. 
Back: Rich red, broad, with a gentle rise from the middle 
thereof to the tail, with abundant saddle-feathers of a rich red 
