STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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PEKIN DUCKS 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen ^ crooked hacks; birds so 
fat as to be down behind; bills marked with black; plumage any 
other color than white or creamy-white. 
DRAKE AND DTJCK. 
Head: Long, and finely formed, — color of plumage, white: 
— Eyes, deep leaden-blue. 
Bill : Of medium size, deep yellow, and perfectly free from 
marks of any other color. 
Neck: Eather long and large In the drake; in the duck, of 
medium length, — color of plumage, pure white or creamy- 
white. 
Back: Long and broad, — color of plumage, white or creamy- 
white. 
Breast and Body: Breast, round and full: — Body, very 
long and deep, and in adult birds approaching the outlines of 
a parallelogram ; — color of plumage, white or creamy- white 
throughout. 
Wings : Short, and carried compactly and smoothly against 
the sides, — color of plumage, white. 
Tail: Eather erect, the curled feathers in the drake being 
hard and stiff, — plumage, white. 
Legs: Thighs, short and large, — color of plumage, white:— 
Shanks, short and strong, and of a reddish-orange color. 
Plumage: Downy, and of a faint creamy-white. 
