STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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secondaries, reddish-bay on the outside web, the inside penciled 
across with bhick bars, each feather ending with a small black 
spot; wing-bows, reddish-bay. 
Tail: Black, full and well expanded, and carried tolerably 
upright, but not erect. 
Sickle-Featiiers: Eich greenish-black down the middle ot 
the feathers their entire length, with a distinct edging of rich 
reddish-bay, about one-sixteenth of an inch in width. 
Tail-Coverts: Abundant, rich greenish-black, with red- 
dish-bay edging, like the sickle-feathers. 
Legs: — Thighs, reddish-bay, of medium size, and well de- 
veloped: — Shanks, blue or slaty-blue, slender, rather short, 
clean and neat in appearance. 
Carriage: Upright, graceful and active. 
THE HEN. 
Head: Small and neatly shaped: — Beak of medium size, and 
dark in color: — Eyes, bright red. 
Comb: Eose, deep red, small when compared with that of 
the cock, and fitting close and straight on the head, without 
inclining to either side. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Wattles, red small, thin, and 
well rounded: — Ear-lobes, opaque white, small. Hat, rounded 
on the lower part, fitting close to the face, and not pendant. 
Neck and Hackll: ISTeck, tapering and graceful : — Hackle, 
clear, deep golden-bay, or golden-orange color. 
Back: Of medium length, in color a clear, deep, golden-bay, 
free from lacing or mossing, each feather distinctly penciled 
with rich greenish-black bars across it. 
Breast and Body: Breast, prominent and full, reddish-bay, 
and penciled across wish black bars: — Body, round and plump, 
the general plumage, reddish-bay, and so evenly and distinctly 
penciled across the feathers with black, as to form, as near as 
possible, parallel lines across the bird. 
