STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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SILVER SEBRIGHT BANTAMS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen; cocks weighing more than 
twenty-eight ounces; hens more than twenty-four ounces; cocks 
having either hackle, saddle or sickle-feathers; crooked hacks; 
wry tails; legs of any other color than slaty-blue; combs other 
than rose; deformity of any kind; natural absence of spike. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Small, round in front, carried well back towards the 
tail, — color of plumage, silvery- white, each feather laced 
evenly and distinctly around with a narrow edging of black: 
— ^Beak, dark, short, and slightly curved: — Eyes, full and 
bright. 
Comb: Double or rose, square in front, fitting close and 
straight on the head, the top being covered with small points, 
with a spike behind, which turns slightly upward. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, white and flat:— 
Wattles, bright red, broad, and rounded on the lower edge. 
Neck: Neat, tapering, well arched, hen-feathered, and quite 
free from hackle-feathers; — color of plumage, silvery- white, 
each feather distinctly and evenly laced all round with a nar- 
row edging of black. 
Back: Very short, and perfectly free from saddle-feathers; 
color of plumage, silvery-white, each feather distinctly laced 
all round with a narj-ow edging of black. 
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