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THE AMERICAN 
Back: Straight, wide across the shoulders, and tapering to 
the tail ; the plumage, in color, a rich golden-baj^, 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 golden-bay in color, free from mossing, each 
feather ending in 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, 
— the plumage, golden-bay in color, each feather spangled or 
laced with black. 
Wings: Ample, and folded smoothly against the sides: pri- 
maries, bay, ending with black spots; secondaries, golden-bay, 
with distinct crescent-shaped greenish-black spots on the end 
of each feather; wing-coverts, golden-bay, 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, 
a rich golden-bay, each feather ending with a rich black spot; 
sickle-feathers and tail-coverts, rich golden-bay, each feather 
ending with a rich black spot. 
Legs: Thighs, rather long and of medium size, and, in color, 
bay, spangled or laced with black : — Shanks, long and slender, 
and blue or slaty-blue in color. 
Carriage: Erect and strutting. 
THE ECEN- 
Head: Round, the protuberance of the skull concealed by 
♦the crest, — Beak, dark horn-color, rather long; nostrils large, 
the crown of which is elevated above the usual curve-line of 
the beak: — Eyes, large, full and bright. 
