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THE AMERICAN 
Crest: Yeiy large, round, close, firm, and even upon the 
head, and silvery-white in color, each feather laced with black; 
— in adult birds, white feathers may appear. 
Comb: Brilliant 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 silvery- white, laced 
with black. 
Back: Straight, and tapering to the tail, the plumage, sil- 
very-white, each feather ending with a distinct black spangle or 
lacing. 
Breast and Body: Breast, full, round and prominent, — 
color of plumage, a clear silvery-white, free from mossing, 
each feather ending with a distinct, round, rich, blacli spangle 
or lacing, the spangle or lacing increasing in size in proportion 
to the increase in the size of the featlier: — Body, comparatively 
small, wide across the shoulders, and tapering to the tail, — color 
of plumage, silvery-white, each feather spangled or laced with 
black. 
Wings: Ample, and snugly folded against the sides; pri- 
maries, silvery-white, each feather ending in a black spangle or 
lacing; secondaries, silvery- white, each feather ending in a 
crescent-shaped black lacing; wing-bows, silvery- white, each 
feather ending with a crescent-shaped black spangle or lacing; 
wing-coverts, silvery-white, each featlier edged with black, and 
ending with a large black spangle or lacing, forming two dis- 
tinct bars across the wings. 
Tail: Large, and somewhat expanded, — in color, silvery- 
white, each feather ending in a large black spangle or lacing. 
Legs: Thighs, rather long and of medium size, — in color, 
silvery-white, 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. 
