Orpingtons. 
213 
Points to be Deducted. 
Bad plumage and condition ... ... ... ... ... ... ... lo 
Bad head 5 
Bad comb 7 
Bad face 5 
Bad coloured beak 3 
Bad coloured eyes 5 
Bad shape . . 15 
Deficient breast ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..• 10 
Bad tail 5 
Faulty saddle, cushion, or back 5 
Bad legs and feet .. ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... 5 
Deficiency in colour of skin and flesh ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 
Bad carriage . . ... 10 
Want of size 10 
100 
Disqualifications. 
Crooked breast, crooked back, wry tail, or any other evident sign of weakness or deformity ; the 
slightest feather or fluff on shanks and toes ; yellow skin, yellow legs or feet, long legs. 
To the kindness of Mr. H. Huntington Peck, the Hon. Sec. of the Victorian L.P-R.W. and O. Club, 
we are indebted for the Club's adopted Standard for Orpingtons : — 
Standard for Judging Single-Combed Black Orpingtons, 
standard of cock. 
As the male bird is so much more important than the hen, great care should be taken in judging the 
cock, the Standard for same differing somewhat from the hen. 
Plumage. — Black throughout, with a green sheen upon it, free from coloured feathers ; Comb^ single, 
evenly serrated, standing erect, and rather larger than that of a Plymouth Rock ; Face and Ear-lobes, red ; 
Beak, dark horn or black, very strong, and nicely curved ; Legs, dark or black, very strong, of medium 
length, with four toes on each foot, and white toe-nails ; Tail, large and flowing, carried well back ; Carriage 
very graceful, standing well up ; Weight, not less than 9 lbs. when fully matured ; Shape, compact, 
resembling a Langshan ; Saddle, rising slightly. 
Scale for Judging. 
Points. 
Defects. 
Size 
25 
Want of size 
20 
Condition and lustre of plumage 
30 
,, ,, condition 
Carriage and shape 
20 
Lop comb ... 
10 
Head and comb ... 
10 
Leg weakness 
20 
Legs and feet 
10 
Bad colour and stained ear-lobe . 
10 
Fine quality of skin and flesh 
5 
Crooked breast 
10 
100 
100 
standard of hen. 
Carriage and Shape. — Very graceful and symmetrical. Comb — About the size of a Langshan's, but 
rather firmer, single, red, and evenly serrated, standing erect preferred. Should it fall a little to one side, 
and the bird is good in other points, it is not a disqualification, this being one of the principal features of 
good laying qualities. Beak, same as that of cock ; Head, rather full over the eye, and carried well back ; 
