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The Australasian Book of Poultry. 
Points of Colour in Black-Breasted Red Game. 
COCK. 
Head. — Bright light orange red. 
Face and Throat.— K\c\\. bright red. 
Comb, Wattles, and Ear-hbcs. — {l{ undubbed), rich bright red. 
Eyes. — Ruby red. 
Beah. — Dark horn colour. 
Neck Hachlc. — Light orange red, free from stripes or mealiness. 
Back.— Bnght crimson. 
Wing-biitts and .SV/o/zA/crj-.— Black. 
Wing-hmvs and Shoulder Coverts. — Crimson. 
Wing-bars. — Steel blue. 
Primaries. — Black, except the two lower feathers, the outer edges of these being bay. 
Secondaries. — Bay on the outer web, black on the inner. 
Saddle Hackle. — Orange to match the neck hackle. 
7az7.— Blue-black. 
Sickle Feathers and Tail Coverts. — Glossy, bright blue-black. 
Breast and 77/ z^//^.— Bluish-black. 
Undcr-l arts of /yoc/v.— Black, quite free from rustiness. 
Legs and Feet. — ^\'iIlo^v or olive. 
HEN. 
The hen should match the cock in face, comb, wattles, ear-lobes, eyes, beak, legs, and feet. 
Head.— Golden. 
Neck Hackle. — Golden, with narrow but well-defined black stripes in the centre of each feather. 
Back and Shoulder Coverts, Witig-boivs, and Tail Coverts. — All one even shade of a light brownish 
drab, finely pencilled with minute black markings. 
Primaries. — -Black. 
Secondaries. — Outer edge like the wing-bow, the rest black. 
Tail. — Black, except the top outer feathers, which should be the same shade as back and wings. 
7>^;r;a/.— Light salmon colour. 
Breast.~-'R.\c\\ salmon red, shading off to an ashy-grey on the belly and under-parts. 
Thighs. — Pale salmon or ashy-grey. 
Points of Colour in Brown-Red Game. 
(Better described as Laced- Birasted Lemon-Black Game). 
COCK. 
I/ead. — Lemon or golden, striped with black. 
Comb. — (If undubbed), dark purple. 
Face. — Dark gipsy, i.e., dark mulberry or purple. 
Wattles and Ear-lobes. — (If undubbed), dark red or purplish. 
Eyes. — Black. 
N'eck Hackle. — Lemon or golden, with a very narrow black stripe down the centre of each feather. 
Back and Shoulder Coverts.— 'L&mon or golden. 
Saddle Hackle. — Lemon or golden, with black stripes down the centre of the feather. 
Wing-butts and Shoulders. — Black. 
Wing-bows. — Lemon or golden. 
Coverts. — Rich black. 
Primaries and Secondaries. — Black. 
7«/7.— Black. 
