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The Australasian Book of Poultry. 
Points of Colour in Cuckoo Cochins. 
In Both Sexes. — Beak, a rich yellow or horn colour ; Comb, Face, Ear-lobes^ and Wattles, brilliant 
red ; Eyes, yellow or bright red ; Legs and Ecct, bright yellow ; Colour of Plumage, the ground colour 
throughout a bluish grey, barred or pencilled across with bands of a dark blue grey, the hackle and tail to be 
marked similarly to the body feathers. 
A Standard by which the Breeder may judge the value of defects in Cochins. 
A bird ideally perfect in shape, size, colour, head, comb, cushion or saddle, leg-feathering, tail, 
etc., and in perfect health and condition, to count lOO points. 
Defects to be Deducted. 
Bad head and comb 5 
Want of hackle ... 5 
„ „ Cushion or saddle lo 
„ „ Fluff 5 
,, ,, Leg Feather ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 
Vulture hocks 5 
Bad shape or carriage of tail ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... 5 
White in tail (other than in White Cochins) 5 
Primaries out of order 5 
Crooked toes 5 
Stained ear-lobes 5 
Faulty colour and marking ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 
Want of size... ... . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 
„ ,, General symmetry... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 
„ „ Condition ... ... ... ..." ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 
100 
Disqualifications. 
Crooked back, crooked breast, primary wing-feathers twisted on their axes, wry tail, utter absence of leg 
feather, badly twisted or falling comb, legs any other colour than yellow or dusky yellow (except in blacks 
which may be black), black spots in Buffs or Whites, brown mottling (if conspicuous) in Partridge cocks, 
or pale breasts quite destitute of pencilling in hens, wholly white or black feathers in cuckoos. Any bodily 
deformity other than those mentioned ; any fraudulent dyeing, dressing, or trimming. 
