STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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SILVER-PENCILED HAMBURtiS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Comb, single or falling over to either side, or natural absence 
of spike; ear-lobes entirely red; crooked backs; wry or squirrel 
tails; legs of other color than blue. 
THE COCK. 
Head : Silvery-white, short and small : — Beak, of mecliiiin size 
and silvery- white in color: — Eyes, bright red. 
Comb : Rose, deep red, not so large as to overhang the eyes 
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 inclines 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. 
ISTeck and Hackle : Keck, tapering, the higher part carried 
well over the back : — Hackle, a clear silvery- white, quite full, 
flowing well over the shoulders, and as free as possible from a 
yellow tinge. 
Back and Saddle : Back, a clear silvery-white, and of me- 
dium length: — Saddle-feathers, abundant, silvery- white, and 
as free as possible from a yellow tinge. 
Breast and Body: Breast, silvery-white, full and promi- 
nent: — Body, round and symmetrical in shape, the plumage 
close, and the color, in the main, silvery- white, the only pen- 
ciling or dark spots visible, being about the fluff" of the thighs, 
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