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The Australasian Book of Poultry. 
THE HEN. 
The hen should resemble the cock in comb, head, ear-lobe, wattles, fluff, legs, and feet, making allow- 
ance for difference in sex. 
Neck, medium length, covered with short full hackle feathers; Breast, full and round, breast bone per- 
fectly straiglit; Back, short, and wide at shoulder; Tail, well spread; Wings, medium in size, carried closely 
to the body; Weight, pullets 5 lbs., hens 7 lbs.; General Shape and Carriage, graceful, active, and very 
compact. 
Points of Colour in Silver Laced Wv.andottes. 
Comb, Face, Ear-lobes, and Wattles. — Rich bright red. 
Head and Xeck Hackle. — Pure silvery white margin, with black streak in the centre. 
Beak. — Light horn colour, tipped with yellow. 
Eves. — Bright bay. 
Breast. — Plumage, the web of the feathers white, with deep black lacing around each and every feather 
from throat to thighs, the lacing having a greenish lustre. 
Back. — Silvery white. 
Saddle Hackles. — Pure silvery white margin, with black streak in the centre. 
Tail. — True tail feathers black, sickles and secondary sickles black, with a greenish lustre. 
Wing-bow. — Silvery white. 
Shoulder Tips. — White laced, with black. 
Wing-co7'erts. — Heavily laced with black, forming two well defined bars. 
117//;' secondaries. — Black on the inner web, wide white lacing on the outer web. 
Wi/ig primaries. — Black on the inner and broadly laced with white on the outer web. 
E''htff. — Black or dark slate, powdered with dark grey. 
Legs and Feet. — Bright yellow or orange. 
The hen to match should resemble the cock exactly in markings, making allowance for difference in sex, 
the neck hackle feathers being shorter, and the cushion corresponding to the cock's saddle hackles being 
marked similarly to the breast. 
The points of colour in Golden Laced Wyandottes are identical with the Silvers, substituting for the 
Silver ground colour a rich golden bay. 
A bird perfect in shape, size, style, colour, markings, head points, legs and feet, and in perfect health and 
condition, to count 100 points. 
Points to be deducted for defects in Silver and Golden Laced Wyandottes. 
Badly shaped comb .. 
8 
Bad head 
6 
Faulty ear-lobes 
8 
Too long or too short neck 
6 
Deficiency of breast lacing... 
10 
Badly shaped body... 
10 
Badly carried tail ... 
5 
Deficiency of lacing on wings 
6 
Wings badly carried 
4 
Deficiency of under-colour in fluff 
6 
Bad legs and feet 
6 
Want of symmetry ... 
10 
,, size 
5 
,, condition ... 
10 
100 
