Wyandottes, 
and shoulder-coverts laced with white. Tail and Tail Coverts, glossy black ; lesser coverts laced with white. 
The Thighs should be laced with black well over them, and fluff behind dark slate, powdered with grey ; 
white objectionable. Under-Fhiff or Under-Colow\ slaty grey or slate. 
Colour of Hen. — Head, grey ; Hackle, white, with broad black stripe ; Tail, black, coverts with small 
white centres. Wings, primaries black, with lower edge laced with white ; secondaries, black on inner web, 
outer web broadly laced with white on under edge. Body, white, laced all over with dense black as evenly 
as possible, but the back and cushion are more heavily laced than the breast, more resembling the marking 
described for the breast of the cock. Lacing to go well over the'thighs ; hinder fluff, dark slate, powdered 
with grey. Light fluff objectionable, but not a disquaHfication. 
Colour of Golden Wyandottes. 
(Association's Standard). 
Same as above, substituting a rich Golden ground (as in the Golden-spangled Hamburg), for the Silver. 
Value of Defects in Judoing. 
standard of perfection. 
A bird perfect in shape, style, colour, etc., and in perfect health and condition, to count in points loo. 
DEFECTS TO BE DEDUCTED. 
Bad comb ... ... ... ... 12 Faults in tail (other than below) ... 4 
White or yellow in ear-lobe 6 Pale or sooty shanks 8 
Faults in hackle 8 Want of symmetry (especially of 
Bad marking, bi east and body ... 12 breast) ... ... ... 25 
„ „ on back 8 Want of size ... ... ... 15 
„ „ on fluff 5 „ „ condition... ... ... 15 
DisqCtalifications. 
Comb otherwise than rose, conspicuous spotting or peppering on ground of feather, feather on shanks, 
whole white or yellow ear-lobes, wry tails or any other bodily deformity, any fraudulent dyeing, dressing, or 
trimming, any sickle tail feather missing. 
