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THE AMERICAN 
TOULOUSE GEESE. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen^ crooked hacks; deformi- 
ty of any kind. 
MALE AITD FEMALE. 
Head: E-ather large and short, — color of plumage, dark 
gray: — Eyes, dark brown or hazel. 
Bill: Comparatively short, and stout at the base, — color, 
reddish-flesh. 
Xeck: Of medium length, and carried pretty erect, — color 
of plumage, dark gray, shading off" to lighter gray as it ap- 
proaches the back. 
Back: Broad, of moderate length, and curving slightly from 
the neck to the tail, — color of plumage, dark gray. 
Breast and Body: Breast, broad and deep, and, in plum- 
age, light gray: — Body, broad, of medium length, and very 
deep and compact, — in fat birds their bellies almost touch the 
ground; — color of plumage, light gray, shading off" lighter to 
the belly, where it becomes white, extending back to and 
around the tail, — all the lower posterior or fluff"y parts are 
white, though but little of the white is visible to the eye from 
a front view. 
Wings: Large, strong, and carried smoothly against the sides; 
—color of plumage, primaries, dark gray or brown, — second- 
aries, darker than primaries ; — wing-coverts, dark gray. 
Tail: Comparatively short; feathers, hard and stiff", and, in 
color, gray-and-white,— the ends being tipped with white. 
