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THE AMERICAN 
Tail, ....... 7 
Fluff, 5 
Legs, 7 
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Comparisons, in Size and Weight, 2 points to the pound. 
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PARTRIDGE COCHIXS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen; cocks with mottled breasts; 
hens with pale buff or clay-colored breasts^ or without penciling; 
twisted combs ^ or combs falling to either side; primary feathers 
twisted in the wings; 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: Bright red, rather short and small for the size of the 
bird: — Eyes bright, clear and mild in expression: — Beak, 
curved, stout at the base, rather short, and yellow or horn- 
Comb: Elch, brilliant red, single, firm, rather small, perfect- 
jly straight and upright, with well defined serrations, and free 
from side-sprigs. 
Wattles and Ear-lobes: Wattles, of medium length, 
Aae in texture, and well rounded: — Ear-lobes, large, pendant, 
nrijd fine in texture. 
