STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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BLACK LEGHORNS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Comb, twisted, or falling over to either side in cocks, or pricked 
or duplicate in hens; red ear-lobes; crooked backs; wry tails; 
white or red feathers in any part of the plumage. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Short and deep, and pure black in color: — Beak, yel- 
lowish horn-color, or yellow shaded with black, and rather 
long and stout: — Eyes, red, full and bright: — Face, bright red, 
and free from folds or wrinkles. 
Comb : Bright red, of medium size, erect, firmly fixed on 
the head, single, straight, deeply serrated (having but five or 
six points), extending well over the back of the head, and free 
from twists, side-sprigs, or excrescences. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, white, or creamy- 
white, fitting close to the head, rather pendant, smooth and 
thin, and free from folds or wrinkles: — Wattles, bright red, long, 
thin and pendulous. 
Neck: Long, well arched, and well hackled, the color of 
the plumage a rich, glossy black. 
Back: Of medium length and breadth, and, in color, a rich 
deep black. 
Breast and Body: — Breast, full, round, carried well for- 
ward, and, in plumage, a rich, deep black : — Body somewhat 
broad, but heaviest forward, — the general color of the plum- 
age a deep, rich black, free from red or brassy feathers. 
Wings: Large and well folded, the plumage a deep, rich 
black, free from red or brassy feathers. 
Tail: Upright, large, and somewhat expanded, the main 
