STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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Tail: Full, expanded, and well furnished with long, curv- 
ing sickle-feathers, and carried very upright, — color, pure white. 
Legs : Thighs, of medium length, and well furnished with 
long, stiff feathers, or vulture-hocks, which almost touch the 
ground;— color of plumage, pure white :— Shanks, white or 
yellow (white preferred), and heavily feathered on theoutsides; 
— Toes, the outer toes heavily feathered to the ends, — color of 
plumage, pure white. 
Plumage : Pure white throughout, free from yellowish tinge. 
Carriage: Yery upright, pompous and strutting. 
THE HEN. 
Head: Small, round and neat — color of plumage, pure 
white: — Beak, small, and well curved — color, white or yellow, 
white preferred: — Eyes, red or bay, full and bright. 
Comb: Bright red, small, straight, single, and evenly sei-rated. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, red, flat, and even on 
the surfjice: — Wattles, bright red, small, and nicely rounded. 
Neck: Of medium length, tapering, and carried well back: — 
color of plumage, pure white. 
Back: Short; — color of plumage, pure white. 
Breast and Body: Breast, full, round and prominent: — 
Bod}^, rather short and compact, — color of plumage, pure white. 
Wings: Ample, the points slightly drooping, — color of plum- 
age, pure w^hite. 
Tail: Full, expanded, and carried rather upright, — plum- 
age, pure white in color. 
Legs: Thighs, of medium length, and abundantly supplied 
with long, stiff" feathers, or vulture hocks, — color of plumage, 
pure white: — Shanks, short, and well feathered, and to match 
the cock's in color. 
Plumage : Pure white throughout. 
CABJilAGE: Upright and pompous. 
