STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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SILVER-GRAY DORKINGS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Absence of fifth toe; crooked backs; wry tails; breast of cock 
mottled, or splashed, with white; legs other than white or flesh- 
color; combs not matching in the show-pen, when exhibited in 
pairs or trios. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Rather large, and silvery- white in color: — Beak, 
stout, and nicely curved, and white, or flesh-colored: — Eyes, 
red, full and bright. 
Comb: Bright red, and single, or rose; if single, it should 
be large, upright, and evenly serrated, and free from excres- 
cences; if rose, it should be square in front, fitting close upon 
the head, without inclination to either side, the top compara- 
tively flat and even, and covered over with small points, and 
terminating in a single spike behind. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, of medium size:— 
Wattles, bright red, large, pendant, and well rounded. 
^^'eck: Large, of medium length, and well curved; the 
hackle of medium length, in color, silvery-white, striped with 
black, and descending well over the shoulders. 
Back: Broad and long, and, in plumage, silvery- white; the 
under-feathering of the shoulders black, covered by the silvery- 
white plumage of the neck. 
Breast and Body: Breast, broad, deep and full, and, in 
color, a rich, glossy black: — Body, deep, broad and long, the 
under-plumage, black. 
Wings: Large, and snugly folded against the sides; the 
primaries white on the outside web, and black on the inside 
