STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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PEKIN OR COCHIN BANTAMS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen; cocks weighing over 
twenty-eight ounces; hens over twenty-four ounces; primary 
wing-feathers twisted outside the wings; absence of leg-feather- 
ing; twisted combs; crooked backs; wry tails; deformity of any 
kind. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Small, neat, and carried rather forward, — color, 
deep buif or orange: — Beak, yellow, short, and well curved: — 
Eyes, large and bright. 
Comb : Bright red, single, of medium size, perfectly straight 
and upright, with well defined serrations. 
Ear-lobes and Wattles: Ear-lobes, bright red, large for 
the size of the bird, and pendant: — Wattles, bright red, large, 
and well rounded. 
Neck: Short, and well arched, — ^hackle, abundant, and flow- 
ing well over the shoulders, — color, deep buff" or reddish- 
orange. 
Back: Rather broad, and rising gently to the tail, — saddle- 
feathers, abundant and long, — color, deep buff or orange. 
Breast and Body: Breast, rather deep, broad and full: — 
Bod)^, very deep and broad, — color of plumage, deep buff or 
orange throughout. 
Wings: Small, the primaries smoothly folded under the 
secondaries, and concealed from sight,™ color, deep buft* or 
orange. 
