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THE AMERICAN 
NARRAGANSETT TURKEYS. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen; ^uff or slate-colored 
feathers in any part of the plumage; crooked hacks; wry tails; 
deformity of any kind; adult cocks weighing less than twenty- 
five j)ounds; hens less than fifteen pounds. 
THE cock:. 
Head: Eich red, broad, long, and carunculated: — Beak, 
strong, curved, and well set in the head, — color, light horn: — 
Face and jaws, rich red: — Eyes, clear and bright. 
Wattle : Eich red, large, and pendant. 
Neck: Long and curving, — color of plumage, metallic black, 
each feather ending in a broad, light steel-gray band, edged 
with black. 
Back: Somewhat curving, and rising from the neck to the 
centre, and then descending in a graceful curve to the tail, — 
color of plumage, metallic black, each feather ending in a 
broad, light steel-gray band, edged with black. 
Breast and Body: Breast, broad and full, — color of plum- 
age, metallic black, each feather ending in a broad, light steel- 
gray band, edged with black: — Body, long, deep through the 
centre, and handsomely rounded, — color of plumage, metallic 
black, each feather ending in a broad, light steel-gray band, 
edged with black, — the hinder part of the body well furnished 
with soft fluff. 
Wings: Large and powerful; — primaries, black or dark 
brown, penciled across with white or gray bars; the more even 
and regular the better; — secondaries, markings similar to 
