STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
15 
THE HEN. 
Head: Broad, of medium length, and slightly projecting 
over the eyes; plumage white: — Beak, short and stout — color, 
yellow, with or without dark stripe down the upper mandible : — 
Eyes, large and bright. 
Comb: Pea, small and low, with delicate but distinctly de- 
fined serrations, firm and even upon the head, and, in color, 
bright red. 
Wattles and Ear-lobes: Wattles, exceedingly small:— 
Ear-lobes, well developed: — color, rich red. 
Neck: Of medium length and well arched, — hackle-feathers, 
white, with a broad black stripe down the centre, the edge of 
the black running nearly parallel with the edge of the feather, 
and reaching well over the shoulders. 
Back: Broad, flat between the shoulders, and as long as is 
consistent with the size and symmetrical beauty of the bird : 
feathers broad and soft, and rising to the tail: surface-color, 
white — under-color, either white or bluish-white. 
Breast and Body: Breast full, broad and round, and car- 
ried well forward: — Body, round at the sides, and deep; — color 
of both, white. 
Wings: Small, the bows covered by the breast-feathers; the 
primaries smoothly folded under the secondaries: — color of 
primaries black or nearly so, — color of secondaries, white on 
the outer web, and black on the inner web. 
Tail: Rather small, and spreading, — color, black; the two 
highest, or main tail-feathers, edged with white ; — tail-coverts, 
black, edged with white. 
Fluff : Abundant and soft, giving the bird a broad appear- 
ance behind, — color, white. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, strong, and abundantly covered 
with soft white feathers: — Shanks, strong, standing well apart, 
and well feathered on the outside with white feathers, or white 
