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The Australasian Book of Poultry. 
Standards of Excellence. 
Miss Crnad's Siandard for Langshaus. 
In Potiltn; 1893, in a letter from Miss Croad, is the following, which is well worthy of consideration, as 
i think it amplifies our Australian Standard. She says : — " Mr. Franklane Sewell, the American animal 
painter, who is just leaving our shores for the Far West, has paid me several visits during his stay in England. 
On one of those occasions he was kind enough to make a rough copy of my ideal of a Standard of Excellence 
for the Langshan. We were fully agreed on all points except the leg-feathering, which he, like inost 
Americans, prefers in greater abundance." - ^ .... . 
R E.MARKS Applicable to Both Sexes. 
Size. — In a breed of such value for table purposes, size is an important consideration. A cock should 
weigh at least gibs., and a hen not less than ylbs. 
COCK. 
Shape and Carriage. — Sufficiently long on the legs to give a graceful carriage to the body, head carried 
well back, with full flowing hackle, good wide shoulders, and very long meaty breast, fan-shaped tail carried 
rather high, with plenty of glossy side hangers, and two sickle feathers some 6 inches or more beyond the 
rest ; general bearing, that of an extremely active, intelligent bird. 
Comb. — Medium size^ red, single, straight, fine in quality, and evenly serrated, being free from side 
sprigs. 
Beak. — Light to dark horn colour, the latter preferred. ■ 
Head. — Small for size of the bird, full over the eyes, and carried well back. 
Eye. — Large, bright, intelligent, and ranging in colour from lightish brown to very dark hazel, with 
black pupil ; dark preferred. 
Deaf Ears and Wattles. — Brilliant red, medium size, and smooth; wattles well rounded. 
Neck. — Well arched, and with long hackles, flowing gracefully into the lines of the shoulders. 
Back. — Saddle and tail coverts rising, with concave sweep into the tail. 
Breast. — Deep and meaty, a long breast-bone being absolutely necessary to the production of white 
meat in excess of fat. 
Wings. — More frequently carried low, but often clipped up according to the mood the bird happens to 
be in. 
Tail. — Carried high, fan-shaped, and abundantly furnished with tail coverts and distinct sickle feathers 
projecting some inches .beyond the rest. 
Legs. — Wide apart, medium length, well feathered down to hocks (not vulture-hocked), the feathers 
running down outside the legs and the centre of the outer toes on each foot. 
TvcA— The toes should be long and straight, small of bone, and, like the legs, a dark slate colour, with 
the skin between the toes and scales a vivid pink. It should be added that this dark slate colour assumes a 
paler hue as the bird grows older. 
Plumage. — Smooth, and close in surface, but not tight. This plumage is iridiscent, and might be 
characterized as having a beetle-green gloss upon it. 
HEN. 
Carriage and Shape. — Gracefully rounded outline, free from that lumpy and squat appearance which 
results from short breasts and excess of offal. General appearance, that of an active, intelligent bird. 
Plumage. — Same as cock, making allowance for diff"erence in sex. 
Comb. — Medium size, single, erect, fine in quality, and evenly serrated. 
Tail. — Fan-shaped and full, carried rather high. In other respects the hen resembles the cock. 
