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THE AMERICAN 
color, white: — Body, comparatively small, wide across the 
shoulders, and tapering to the tail, — plumage, throughout, a 
clear, pure white.- 
Wings : Ample, and smoothly folded against the sides ; pri- 
maries, secondaries, and wing-coverts, pure white in color. 
Tail: Large, and well expanded, — color, white. 
Legs: Thighs, rather long and of medium size, — plumage, 
white: — Shanks, rather long, and slender, and, in color, blue 
or slaty-blue. 
Carriage : — Eather upright and coquettish. 
POINTS IN WHITE POLISH. 
Sjmimetry, . . . . . . .10 
Size and AVeight, ..... 8 
Condition, ....... 5 
Head, 4 
Crest, . . . . . . .25 
Comb, ....... 10 
Ear-lobes and Wattles, . . . . .8 
Neck, ....... 5 
Back, . . . . . . .5 
Breast and Body, ..... 5 
Wings, . . . . . . .5 
Tail, ....... 5 
Legs, ....... 5 
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