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THE AMERICAN 
Tail: Large, somewhat expanded and upright, the sickle- 
feathers and tail-coverts well arched, and bluish-gray in color. 
Legs: Thighs, long and of medium size; plumage, bluish- 
gray or slaty-blue: — Shanks, long and rather slender, and slaty- 
blue in color. 
Color of Plumage: Ranging from a bluish-gray to slaty- 
blue, a lacing of a darker color, or even black, on each feather, 
being rather more desirable than objectionable. 
Carriage : Upright and proud. 
THE HEN. 
Head: Rather long and tapering, and, in plumage, slaty- 
blue: — Beak, rather long and stout, and slaty-blue in color: — 
Eyes, red and bright. 
Comb: Bright red, large, drooping over to one side, soft and 
delicate in texture, and neatly serrated. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, white :— Wattles, 
red, and small in comparison with those of the cock. 
Neck: Relatively shorter than that of the cock, and a lighter 
shade of color. 
Back: Comparatively short, somewhat flat across the should- 
ers, and slaty-blue in color. 
Breast and Body: Breast, plump and full, and, in color 
of plumage, slaty-blue — Body, full at the shoulders, and taper- 
ing towards the tail, the general plumage being slat3^-bliie or 
bluish-gray in color. 
Wings: Large, and well folded against the sides; primaries, 
secondaries and wing-coverts, bluish-gray or slaty-gray in 
color. 
Tail: Long, and carried less upright than that of the cock,— 
color, slaty-blue. 
Legs: Thiglis, rather long and slender; plumage, slaty-blue: 
— Shanks, long and slender, and slaty-blue in color. 
