STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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the tail, — the plumage a rich silvery-white in color, spangled or 
laced with black, the texture of the feather giving the spangle 
a rayed appearance. 
Breast and Body: Breast, deep, full, round and promi- 
nent; a clear silvery-white in color, free from mossing, eacli 
feather ending with a round, rich, black spangle or lacing, the 
spangle or lacing increasing in size in proportion to the increase 
in the size of the feather: — Body, general appearance, light, 
comparatively wide across the shoulders, and tapering to the 
tail, — color of plumage, silvery-white, each feather spangled 
or laced with black. 
Wings: Ample, and folded smoothly against the sides; 
primaries, silvery- white, ending with black spots ; secondaries, 
silvery-white, with distinct, crescent-shaped greenish-black 
spots on the end of each feather; wing-coverts, silvery white, 
each feather laced on the edge with black, and ending with a 
large black spangle or lacing, forming two distinct black bars 
across the wings. 
Tail: Large, rather erect and well expanded, and, in color, 
silvery-white each feather ending with a rich black spot; — 
sickle-feathers and tail-coverts, abundant, silvery-white, and 
each feather ending with a rich black spot. 
Legs: Thighs, rather long, of medium size, and, in color, 
silvery- white, each feather spangled or laced with black: — 
Shanks, long and slender, and blue or slaty-blue in color. 
Carriage: Erect and strutting. 
THE HEN. 
Head: Round, the protuberance of the skull concealed by 
the crest: — Beak, dark horn-color, nostrils, large, the crown of 
which is elevated above the usual curve-line of the beak: — 
Eyes, large, full and bright. 
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