STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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SILKIES. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matcMng in the show-pen; crooked hacks; wry tails; 
vulture hocks; feathers not truly silky ^ or foul feathers in any 
part of the body; absence of crest, of the fifth toe^ or of feath- 
ers on the legs. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Small, crested, and the plumage, clear white: — Beak, 
dark, and rather small: — Eyes, large, bright and lively: — Face, 
deep purple color. 
Comb: Double, nearly round, having a lumpy appearance, 
with scarcely any points on top, and of a dark purplish hue. 
Crest : Compact and full, and generally falling backward 
behind the comb. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, purple, tinged with 
white, and somewhat pendulous: — Wattles, a purplish or livid 
color, and rather long and pendant. 
N'eck: Of moderate length, and carried slightly forward; — 
hackle, very full, and flowing well over the shoulders; — plum- 
age, pure white. 
Back: Broad and short, the plumage white, — saddle-feath- 
ers, abundant, and rising gradually from about the centre of 
the back towards the tail, and falling upon either side in a silky 
mass. 
Breast and Body: Breast, broad, full, and pure white m 
color: — Body, broad, and squarely formed, the i)lumage, 
throughout, pure white. 
