STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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BRONZE TURKEYS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen^ white feathers in any 
part of the plumage; wings clear black or dark brown; color of 
back^ tail, or tail-coverts, clear black, brown or gray; crooked 
backs; wry tails, or deformity of any kind; adult cocks iveigh- 
ing less than twenty-Jive pounds; adult hens less than sixteen 
pounds. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Eich red long, broad, and carunculated : — Beak, 
strong, curved and well set in the head, — color, light horn at 
the tip and dark at the base: — Face and jaws, rich red: — Eyes, 
dark hazel, bright and clear. 
Wattle: Eich red, large, and pendant. 
Neck: Long, curving, and slanting to the tail, — color ot 
plumage, a rich, lustrous, bronzy hue. 
Back: Somewhat curving, and rising from the neck to the 
centre, and then descending in a graceful curve to the tail, — 
color of plumage, a brilliant bronzy hue, which glistens in the 
sunlight like burnished gold, each feather terminating in a nar_ 
row black band, which extends across the end. 
Breast and Body: Breast, broad and full, — color of plum- 
age, dark bronze, with a lustre asshnilating to that of bur- 
nished gold, when seen in the sunlight: — Body, long, deep 
through the centre, handsomely and nicely rounded, the hinder 
part well supplied with short fluff;— color of plumage, black, 
beautifully shaded with bronze, but not so decided or so rich 
as that of the breast. 
