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THE AMERICAN 
web; the secondaries white on the ontsicle web, and black on 
the inside web; wing-bows, silvery- white ; wing-coverts, a 
metallic or greenish-black, forming a wide bar across the 
wings, and free from chestnut patches. 
Tail: Large, full, and a rich, deep black in color, and car- 
ried at a moderate elevation; sickle-feathers a rich metallic or 
greenish-black; tail-coverts, a rich glossy black, the lesser 
coverts having an edging of white. 
Legs: Thighs, stout, and of medium length, and black in 
color: — Shanks, of medium length and stout, and white or 
tlesh-color: — Toes, five in number, the fifth toe being distinct 
from the others, and curving slightly upwards. 
Carriage : Very bold and dignified. 
THE HEN, 
Head: Of medium size, neat in shape, and, in color of 
plumage, silvery- white, or ashy-gray: — Beak, rather short, 
stout, and nicely curved, and light flesh-color or white: — Eyes, 
full and bright. 
Comb: Bright red, and single, or rose; if single, to be well 
developed, and to fall over to one side, with smooth and even 
serrations; if rose, to be square in front, straight and firm upon 
the head, with small points on the top, and terminating in a 
spike behind, which inclines slightly upwards. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, red, and of medium 
size:— Wattles, bright red, rather broad, and well rounded on 
the lower edges. 
Xeck: Large, and of medium length, color, silvery- white. 
Back: Broad and long, and, in plumage, a silvery or slaty- 
gray, free from dark bars or marks across the feathers. 
Breast and Body: Breast, deep and full, and salmon-red 
in color, shading off" to gray towards the sides: — Body, deep, 
broad and long, and, in color, silvery or slatj^-gray, free from 
