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THE AMERICAN 
LA FLECHE. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen; plumage any other color 
than black; presence of crest; feathered legs; crooked hacks; 
wry tails; deformity of any kind; legs of any other color than 
black or slate-color. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Long, of medium size, and rich black in color: — Beak, 
black in color, strong, and well curved, with nostrils wide and 
cavernous, having a small knob of bright red flesh at the junc- 
tion of the nostril with the beak: — Eyes, large and bright: — 
Face, red, and rather bare. 
Comb: Brilliant red, branching and antler-like, like two 
horns pointing upward. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, large, and as white 
as possible: — Wattles, brilliant red, long, pendulous, and well 
rounded. 
Neck! Long, carried very upright, but not backward, with 
full hackle, descending well upon the shoulders ; the plumage 
a rich, glossy black. 
Back: Broad, very long, and slanting to the tail; — saddle- 
feathers, abundant, and glossy black in color. 
Breast and Body: Breast, broad, full, and very prominent: 
— Body, large, powerful, and rather hard, from the closeness of 
the plumage, which is a brilliant metallic black. 
Wings: Long, powerful, and folded smoothly and tightly 
against the sides; primaries and secondaries, black; wing- 
(50verts, rich, glossy black. 
