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THE AMERICAN 
COLORED DORKINGS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Absence of fifth toe; crooked hacks; wry tails; birds not 
matching in the show-pen. 
Inasmuch as Colored Dorkings are of diverse colors or shad- 
ings, any of which are recognized, no extended or critical des- 
cription of the colors of these will be attempted. It will he 
sufficient to say that the general characteristics of Colored and 
Silver-Gray Dorkings are the same; the chief, if not the only 
difference between them, being in the color of their plumage. 
The numerical value of the "points" of Colored and other 
Dorkings is the same: — when, therefore. Colored birds are 
shown, the first pre-requisite will be that they match in the 
color of their plumage and other points. 
