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THE AMERICAN 
Comb: Brilliunt red, two-horned, like the letter V in shape, 
and the smaller the better. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, white, small, and 
even on the surface: — Wattles, bright red, small, thin, and well 
rounded. 
Neck: Long and tapering, the hackle, golden-bay, laced 
with black. 
Back: Straight, and tapering to the tail, the plumage golden- 
bay, each feather ending with a distinct, round, black spangle, 
or lacing. 
Breast and Body: Breast, full and prominent— color of 
plumage, a clear golden-bay, free from mossing, each feather 
ending with a distinct, round, ricli, black spangle, or lacing, 
tlie spangle or lacing increasing in size in proportion to the in- 
crease in the size of the feather: — Body, comparatively small, 
Avide across the shoulders, and tapering to the tail — color 
of plumage, golden-bay, each feather spangled or laced with 
black. 
Wings: Ample, and snugly folded against the sides: pri- 
maries, bay, each feather ending in a black spangle or lac- 
ing; secondaries, golden-bay, each feather ending in a crescent- 
shaped black lacing; wing-bows, golden-bay, each feather 
ending with a crescent-shaped black spangle or lacing; wing- 
coverts, golden-bay, each feather edged with black, and ending 
with a large black spangle or lacing, forming two distinct 
bars across the wings. 
Tail: Large and somewhat expanded, — in color, bay, each 
feather ending in a large black spangle or lacing. 
Legs: Thighs, rather long, and of medium size — in color, 
bay, each feather spangled or laced with black: — Shanks, rather 
long, slender, clean and neat, and, in color, blue or slaty-blue. 
Carriage : Rather upright and coquettish. 
