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THE AMERICAN 
BROWN CHINESE GEESE. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Birds not matching in the show-pen^ crooked hacks; absence 
of knob; neck not arched; faulty plumage in any particular; 
deformity of any kind. 
MALE AND FEMALE. 
Head: Rather large and long, with a large dark brown or 
black knob at the base of the beak, — color of plumage, brown. 
Bill: Dark brown or black, of medium length, and stout at 
the base. 
Keck: Long, and gracefully arched, with a dark stripe from 
the head down to the body, — color of plumage, light brown or 
grayish-brown. 
Back: Of medium length and width, and slightly arched 
from the neck to the tail, — color of plumage, dark brown. 
Breast and Body: Breast, round, and moderately full: — 
Body, round and plump, and of medium size: — color, grayish- 
brown, and darker on the back and wings than on the under- 
part of the body and neck. 
Wings: Large and strong, and smoothly folded against the 
sides, — color, brown. 
Tail: Feathers, hard and stiff, — color, brown. 
Legs: Thighs, short and stout: — Shanks, of medium length, 
and dark, or dusky-orange color. 
Carriage : Very upright and graceful. 
