STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 145 
Breast and Body: Breast, deep, full, round and prominent, 
—color, white : — Body, general appearance light, comparatively 
wide at the shoulders, and tapering to the tail,— color of plum- 
age, throughout, a clear, pure white. 
Wings: Ample, and folded smoothly against the sides; 
primaries, secondaries and wing-cOverts, all pure white. 
Tail : Large, well expanded, rather erect, and well supplied 
with large and well curved siclde-feathers and tail-coverts, — 
color, pure white. 
Legs: Thighs, rather long and slender, — plumage, white: — 
Shanks, rather long and slender, and, in color, blue or slaty- 
blue. 
Carriage: Erect and strutting. 
THE HEN. 
Head : Round, the protuberance of the skull concealed by 
the crest: — Beak, rather long, and horn-color; nostrils, large, 
the crown of which is elevated above the ordinary curve-line of 
the beak: — Eyes, large, full and bright. 
Crest: Very large, round, and straight on the head, and the 
surface close, firm, and even, — plumage, white. 
Comb : Brilliant red, two-horned, like the letter V in shape, 
of small size, and retreating rather backward into the crest, 
the smaller the better. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, white, small, even 
on the surface, and well rounded :— Wattles, bright red, small, 
thin, and well rounded. 
Neck: Long and tapering, — the hackle of medium length 
and close, and pure white in color 
Back: Straight, and tapering to the tail, — plumage, white. 
Breast and Body: Breast, full, round, and prominent, — 
