STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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RUSSIANS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen^ comb other than double 
or rose; crooked hacks; wry or squirrel tails; color other than 
greenish-black. 
THE COCK, 
Head : Of good size, and well formed ; — plumage, rich black : 
— Beak, stout, well curved, and black or dark horn-color: — 
Eyes, full, prominent and bright. 
Comb : Bright red, double or rose, narrow in the rear, and 
without spike. 
Beard: Full, and heavy under the beak, reaching around 
in a curve to the back of the eyes ; — color, rich black. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, of medium size: — 
Wattles, bright red, long, pendant, and well ro inded. 
Neck: Of medium length, and well arched; — hackle, a rich 
greenish-black, descending well upon the shoulders. 
Back: Broad, and tapering to the tail; — saddle-feathers, 
ample, — the general plumage, rich, greenish-black. 
Breast and Body: Breast, round and full:— Body, broad 
and compact, rather upright in carriage, and, in plumage, a 
glossy greenish-black throughout. 
Wings : Of medium size, snugly and smoothly folded against 
the sides; primaries and secondaries, black; wing-coverts, 
glossy greenish-bla<ek. 
Tail: Of medium size, erect, and free from long sickle- 
feathers; — plumage., bJiick, or greenish-black. 
