STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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plump and round, the plumage close, and so evenly and dis- 
tinctly penciled across the feathers with black, as to form, as 
near as possible, parallel lines across the bird. 
Wings: Ample, and carried close to the body: primaries, 
silvery-white; secondaries, silvery- white, penciled across with 
black bars; wing-bows, silvery- white, penciled across with 
dark bars; wing-coverts, silvery- white, penciled evenly across 
with black bars. 
Tail: Silvery- white, richly and deeply penciled across with 
black bars, full, somewhat expanded, and carried at a moder- 
ate elevation. 
Legs: Thighs, of medium size and length, silvery- white, 
and well penciled across with black bars : — Shanks, slender, of 
medium length, clean, and neat in appearance, and blue or 
slaty-blue in color. 
Carriage: Graceful and sprightly. 
POINTS IN silver-penciled HAMBURG COCKS. 
Symmetry, .... 
10 
Condition, ..... 
. 5 
Head, ..... 
6 
Comb, ..... 
. 15 
Ear-lobes (4) and Wattles (2), 
. 6 
Neck (2) and Hackle (3), 
5 
Back (4) and Saddle (6), 
. 10 
Breast (3) and Body (2), 
5 
Wings, ..... 
. 7 
Tail, 
5 
Sickle-Feathers, .... 
. 8 
Tail-coverts, .... 
8 
Legs, , . . . . 
. 10 
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