STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, 
91 
THE HEN. 
Head: Clear silvery-white, small, and neatly shaped : — Beak, 
horn-color, and of medium size: — Eyes, dark hazel. 
Comb: Hose, 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: Ear-lobes, opaque white, small, 
flat, rounded on the lower part, fitting close to the face, and 
not pendant: — Wattles, red, small, thin, and well rounded. 
Neck and Hackle: Neck, tapering and graceful .-—Hackle, 
clear silvery-white, each feather distinctly striped towards the 
end with greenish-black. 
Back: Clear silvery-white, free from mossing or lacing, 
each feather ending with a distinct, large, round, greenish-black 
moon or spangle. 
Breast and Body: Breast, broad and plump, a clear silvery- 
white, free from mossing or lacing, each feather ending with a 
distinct, large, round, rich, greenish-black moon or spangle, as 
little tipped with white as possible, the moons increasing in 
size in proportion to the increase in the size of the feathers : — 
Body, plump and round, the general plumage, silvery- white, and 
terminating at the extremities of the feathers in greenish-black 
moons or spangles. 
Wings: Ample, and carried close to the body: — primaries, 
white, each feather ending with a distinct black spangle; 
secondaries, clear silvery-white, eacli feather ending with a 
large greenish-black spangle, shaped like a half moon; wing- 
coverts, greater and lesser, clear silvery-white, free from lacing 
or mossing, each feather terminating with a large, round, 
greenish-black spangle, and forming two distinct parallel bars 
across the wing. 
Tail: White on the outside, each feather ending with a large, 
round, black spangle: — Tail-coverts, white on the outsides, the 
feathers terminating with a large, round, black spangle. 
