STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
89 
Wings, . ' . . . . .7 
Tail (12) Tail-coverts (7) 19 
Legs, . . .... 5 
100 
SILVER-SPAWGLED HAMBURGS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Comb, single or falling over to either side^ or natural absence 
of spike; red ear-lobes; wry or squirrel tails; crooked backs; 
birds without distinct bars across the wings; markings wholly 
crescent-shaped; solid black or laced breast; legs other than 
blue; hen-feathered cock. 
THE COCK- 
Head: Bil very-white, short and small: — Beak, blue or horn- 
color, and of medium size: — Eyes, dark hazel, full and sprightly. 
Comb; Rose, deep red, not so large as to overhang the ej^es 
or beak, square in front, fitting close and straight on the head, 
without inclining to either side, not hollow in the centre, uni- 
form on each side, the top covered with small points, and ter- 
minating in a spike behind, which should incline upward very 
slightly. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, opaque white, not 
pendant, but fitting close to the face, of medium size, flat, 
round and even: — Wattles, bright red, broad, thin, and well 
rounded, and free from white. 
Neck and Hackle : Neck, tapering, the higher part carried 
well over the back: — Hackle, full and flowing well over the 
