STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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ROSE-COMBED WHITE BANTAMS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen; cocks weighing more 
than twenty-four ounces; hens more than twenty-two ounces; 
feathered legs; legs other than white or yellow; combs other than 
rose; natural absence of spike; crooked backs; wry taiU^ or 
any other deformity. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Small, and carried well over the body — color, pure 
white:— Beak, white or yellow, and slightly curved:— Eyes, 
red, bright and full. 
Comb: Bright red, double or rose, square in front, straight 
and close upon the head, the top covered with small points, 
and terminating in a spike behind, which curves very slightly 
upwards. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, red: — Wattles, bright 
red, thin, and rounded on the lower edge. 
Neck: Tapering, and curving well backwards, so as to bring 
the back of the head towards the tail, the hackle, full, long, and 
descending well over the shoulders, — color of plumage, pure 
white, free from yellowish tinge 
Back: Very short, and tapering to the tail, — saddle-feathers, 
abundant and long; — color of plumage, clear white, free from 
yellowish tinge. 
Breast and Body: Breast, full, round and carried promi- 
nently forward:— Body, plump and symmetrical, and pure white 
in color. 
