Wyandottes. 
225 
Disqualifications. 
Any feathers on shanks or toes, crooked back, crooked breast, wry tail, or any other evident sign of 
weakness or deformity, white or yellow in ear-lobes, combs other than rose, or falling over to one side, or so 
large as to obstruct the sight, shanks any other colour than yellow, white in tail or any spotting or 
peppering of black on the ground colour, any fradulent dyeing, dressing, or trimming. 
Points of Colour in White Wyandottes. 
In both sexes the whole plumage should be pure spotless white throughout. 
A bird perfect in shape, size, style, colour, head points, legs and feet, and in perfect health and 
condition to count loo points. 
Points of Colour in Black Wyandottes. 
In both sexes the whole plumage should be metallic black throughout. 
A bird perfect in shape, size, style, colour, head points, legs and feet, and in perfect heultli and 
condition, to count loo points. 
Points to he Deducted for Defects. 
In White and Black Wyandottes. 
Badly shaped comb 
lO 
Bad head ... 
5 
Faulty ear-lobes 
lO 
Too long or too short neck 
ID 
Deficiency of breast 
ID 
Badly shaped body 
lO 
Wings badly carried 
5 
Tail „ „ 
5 
Bad legs and feet 
lO 
AVant of Symmetry 
lO 
,, „ Size 
5 
,, ,, Condition ... 
lO 
lOO 
Disqualifications. 
Any feathers on shanks or toes, crooked back, crooked breast, wry tail, white or yellow in ear-lobes, 
comb other than rose, or falling over to one side, or so large as to obstruct the sight, deformed beak, legs 
any other colour than yellow, any other coloured feathers than white in the white, or any other coloured 
feathers than black in the black variety ; any fraudulent dyeing, dressing, or trimming. 
Points of Colour in Buff Wyanjottes. 
In Both Sexes. — Comb, Face, Ear-lobes, and Wattles, rich bright red; Eves, bright bay; Shanks 
and Feet, bright yellow; Colour of the Cock, any shade of buff, ranging from rich lemon to bright orange, the 
colour to be uniform throughout, evenness of colour being more important than any particular shade ; Tail, 
clear rich buff, chestnut, or bronze ; Under-Colour, a trifle lighter in shade than the surface colour, but not 
approaching mealiness ; Colour of the Hen, any shade of buff, ranging from rich lemon to orange, perfectly 
free from lacing or ticking on the hackle ; Tail, buff, of same shade as the body colour ; Undei-Colour, a 
trifle lighter in shade than the surface colour, but not approaching mealiness. 
A bird perfect in shape, size, style, colour, head points, legs and feet, and in perfect health and condition 
to count IOC points. 
