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The Australasian Book of Poultry. 
Eye, hazel or brown, with black pupil, bright and intelligent ; Fa:c and Ear-lobes, red, free from any white 
specks ; Breast, very broad and deep, with straight breast-bone ; Tail, carried fairly back, of medium size ; 
Cushion, small, just sufficient to give the back a gracefu.1 appearance. J^cgs, short and strong, dark or black 
in colour, white toe-nails, and free from any feathers ; four toes on each foot, well spread out from each 
other. Hens over one year old are pnler in the leg. This should not make any difference in judging them. 
Weight, not less than 7 lbs. when fully matured ; Plnuui're, deep black throughout, with a lustrous green 
gloss upon it. 
SC.VLE FOR JUlXilNG. 
Defects. 
Pomts. 
Size... 
Good shape and carriage ... 
Condition 
Richness of colour and gloss of 
plumage 
Head and comb ... 
Legs and feet 
Quality of skin and flesh... 
Want of size ... .... ... 25 
,, ,, colour ... ... ... 15 
,, condition ... ... 30 
Lop comb ... ... ... ... 5 
Coarse skin and flesh ... ... 10 
Coloured feathers, and want of 
shape ... ... ... ... 15 
Standard for Rose-Comhed Orpingtons. 
Same Standard for Rose-Combed Orpingtons, except that combs of the latter shall be rose, firm on the 
head, oval in shape, terminating in a spike at rear ; surface uniformly studded with small points ; the 
whole comb slightly curved to match shape of head. The comb of the hen to be smaller than that of the 
cock in proportion. 
