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THE AMERICAN 
Breast and Body: Breast, deep, full, round and promi- 
nent, — color, white: — Body, general appearance light, com- 
paratively wide at the shoulders, and tapering to the tail, — 
color of plumage, throughout, a clear, pure white. 
Wings: Ample, and folded smoothly against the sides; pri- 
maries, secondaries and wing-coverts, all pure white. 
Tail: Large, and well expanded, rather erect, and well 
supplied with large and well curved sickle-feathers and tail- 
coverts, — color, pure white. 
Legs: Thighs, rather long, and of medium size, — color, 
white : — Shanks, rather long and slender, and, in color, blue or 
slaty-blue. 
Carriage: Erect and strutting 
THE HEN. 
Head : Bound, the protuberance of the skull concealed by 
the crest; plumage, pure white in color: — Beak, slaty-blue or 
horn-color; — nostrils, large, the crown of which is elevated 
above the usual curve-line of the beak: — Eyes, large, full and 
bright. 
Crest: Very large, round, and straight on the head, and 
the surface close and even, — color, white. 
Beard: Thick and full, extending back to the crest, and 
forming a well developed muff under the beak. 
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, and rounded on the lower edge :— Wattles, 
so small as to be almost imperceptible. 
Neck: Long and tapering,— the hackle of medium length, 
and close, and pure white in color. 
Back: Straight, and tapering to the tail— plumage, pure 
white. 
