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The Australasian Book of Poultry. 
Disqualification. 
Crooked back, crooked breast, wry tail, or any other evident sign of weakness or deformity, feathers on 
shanks or toes, legs any other colour than yellow, enamelled white in ear-lobes, deformed beak, twisted 
primaries ; red, yellow or brown coloured feathers in plumage ; any fraudulent dyeing, dressing, or trimming. 
Schedule for Judging White and Buff Plymouth Rocks. 
(A bird perfect in shape, style, colour, size, and condition to count loo points.) 
Points to be Deducted for Defects. 
Bad head 6 
„ Comb 8 
Too long or too thin neck 6 
Badly shaped breast and body 20 
Bad wings ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 6 
„ Tail 8 
Softness of feather .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 
Bad legs and feet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 
Want of size ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... . . 14 
,, ,, Symmetr)' ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 
„ ,, Condition ... ... ... ... •• ... ... ... ... 10 
100 
Disqualifications. 
Crooked back, crooked breast, wry tail, or any other evident sign of weakness or deformity, feathers on 
shanks or toes, legs any other colour than yellow, enamelled white in ear-lobes, deformed beak, twisted 
primaries ; plumage any other than pure white throughout in the white, or buff in the buff : any fraudulent 
dyeing, dressing, or trimming. 
To the kindness of Mr. H. Huntington Peck, the Hon. Sec. of the Victorian P-R.L.W. and O. Club, 
we are enabled to quote the following Standard issued by the Club for Plymouth Rocks : — 
Standard for Judging Barred Plymouth Rocks. 
General Char.\cteristics. 
cock. 
Size, large, not less than 9 lbs. ; Comb, single, medium size, straight, with well-defined serrations, fine in 
te.xture, as much like a Cochin's as possible ; Beak, thick and strong ; Head, medium size, and carried well 
up ; Eve, large, bright, and clear, hazel in colour ; Ear-hhc, well developed and pendent ; Wattles, neatly 
rounded and large ; Body, large, square, and compact, breast very full ; Back, broad and short ; Wings, 
medium-sized, carried well up, bow and tip covered by breast and saddle feathers ; Shanks, rather long, 
stout, and bony, wide apart, especially at hocks, and perfectly free from feathers ; Thighs, large and strong ; 
Feet, four-toed, stout, and strong ; Tail, like a Cochin's, small as possible, not forming an angle, but circular 
at junction with back ; Carriage and Appearance, upright, noble, and grand. 
hen. 
Size, large, not less than 7 lbs. ; Comb, same as cock, but small ; Beak, Head, Eve, Ear-hhes, Wattles, 
Neck, and Breast, same as cock ; Back, broad, neck feathers flowing well over the shoulders ; Wings, 
Shanks, Toes, and Carriage, same as cock ; Tail, small, rather pointed, and slightly more upright than 
cock's : Thighs, large, and well covered with flufify feathers. 
Colour of Barred Ply.mouth Rocks. 
Comb, Face, Ear-Lobe, and Wattles, brilliant red ; Beak and Legs, bright yellow ; Plumage, cuckoo- 
feathered"— viz^, ground colour ashy grey, banded with blue or with black, the two colours blending into each 
