STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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Back: Broad, straight, and tapering to the tail, — saddle- 
feathers, abundant, and free from any mixture of brassy or 
straw-colored feathers, — plumage, black and white intermixed. 
Breast and Body: Breast, deep, full and plump: — ^Body, 
well proportioned and bulky, and, in plumage, broken black 
and white, as evenly broken as possible, and free from foul- 
colored feathers. 
Wings: Moderately large, and snugly folded against tlie 
body, — color of plumage, broken black and white. 
Tail: Full, well expanded, and carried tolerably erect, and 
well supplied with handsome sickle-feathers and tail-coverts, — 
color, black and white feathers intermixed 
Legs: Thighs, of medium length, and stout; plumage, broken 
black and white: — Shanks, rather short, fine in bone, and 
pinkish -white, mottled with lead-color: — Toes, five in number, 
the fifth detached from the others, and curving somewhat up- 
wards. 
Carriage : Upright and spirited. 
THE HEN- 
Head: Heavily crested and bearded — plumage, black and 
white feathers intermixed:— Beak, dark horn-color, and oi 
medium size: — Eyes, large, full and bright, and various in 
color. 
Crest and Beard: Crest, large, compact and even, and 
inclining backward in an unbroken mass, — color, broken black 
and white : — Beard, thick and full, reaching back in a handsome 
curve behind the eyes, — color, broken black and white. 
Comb: Bright red, small, branching, and coral-like. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, bright red, but con- 
cealed from view by the beard and crest-feathers: — Wattles, 
bright red, small, and well rounded. 
