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THE AMERICAN 
silvery-white, — saddle-feathers, abundant and long, and, in 
color, silvery-white, with a black stripe down the centre, sim- 
ilar to that of the neck-hackle. 
Breast and Body: Breast, full, broad, and deep, and car- 
ried well forward, — in color either black, or black, slightly and 
evenly mottled with white: — Body, broad and deep, and the 
plumage of the underpart black. 
Wings: Small, the primaries well folded under the second- 
aries, and the points well covered by the saddle-feathers : color 
of shoulder-coverts and wing-bows, silvery-white; color of 
wing-coverts, a metallic or greenish-black, forming a broad and 
well defined bar across the Avings: the primaries black, or black 
with a narrow edging of white on the outer web; secondaries, 
white on the outer web, and black on the inner web, with a 
large greenish-black spot on the end of each feather. 
Tail: Small, carried tolerably upright and well spread, the 
two sickle-ffeathers spreading out laterally, and in length not 
greatly exceeding the main tail-feathers: color, black, — the 
greater coverts, a rich greenish-black; the lesser coverts, a 
rich greenish-black, or black edged w ith white. 
Fluff: Abundant and soft, giving the bird a broad and 
deep appearance behind, — color, black, or black slightly frosted 
with white. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs large and strong, and abundantly 
covered with soft feathers: color, black, or black slightly 
frosted with white: — Shanks, strong, and rather large, and 
standing well apart; of medium length and well feathered on 
the outside, and to the extremities of the outer toes: — color, 
scales yellow, the insides of the shanks a rich reddish-yellow; 
the feathering black, or black slightly mottled with white : — 
Toes, straight and strong, the outer and middle toes being 
feathered: color of feathers, black, or black mottled with 
white. 
Carriage: Bold and attractive. 
