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uniform throughout. The cocks are often ' sooty ' about the throat, and the hens patchy and ' mossy ' on 
the back, but too much stress cannot be laid on the importance of this silvery clearness of ground colour 
and distinctness of lacing, well shown off by feathers large and broad. These are the points to be aimed 
at, and, as Captain Egerton Jones (whose sudden death is an incalculable loss to all lovers of the Blues) 
remarks : — ' By careful selection and skill in mating, these points can gradually be permanently secured, as 
surely as the steady perseverance of Sir John Sebright produced the ideal Bantam of his fancy.' 
" Not so much importance has been attached to the colour of the shanks as it deserves. They and the 
toes ought to be of a uniform dark blue tint. This is often hard to get ; more are rather grey than blue, 
unless the throat be ' sooty,' when they are generally black, but it ought to be insisted on. 
" The best specimens that have been seen in these Colonies have undoubtedly been those that have 
been imported from Captain Egerton Jones and others in England ; but Mr. Duncan and Mr. Edmondson 
(both, alas, now retired from the Fancy), Mr. Norman and Mr. Crawford, in Victoria, and my.self (if I may 
say so), in N.S.W., have been the most successful breeders in Australia, while Messrs. Banks (now retired) 
and Mr. Beumelberg, of Christchurch, Mr. May, of Auckland, Mr. Shallcross, of Nelson, and Mr. Watson, 
of Timaru, have done well in New Zealand. 
"The following table summarises the foregoing description, and I submit it as more up-to-date than that 
given with the Andalusian Club Standard. It is based on that of 'Silver Dun,' from which it differs 
principally in the cutting of some of the points he allots to colour, and giving them to size of feathers and 
quantity of hackle, and in putting shape and carriage together, and making them worth more than size and 
condition. 
Table of the Relative Importance of Defects. 
(A Perfect Bird to score loo.) 
Deduct for faults in comb ... ... lo j 
„ ,, „ ,, face 12 Head 25 
,, ,, ,, ,, lobe ... ... 3 ) 
„ ,, ,, ,, cock's top colour 10 ( 
,, ,, „ ,, ,, groundcolour iof^°| Colour 40 
„ „ „ hen's „ „ 20 
„ „ „ ,, lacing (cock's and hen's) 20 j 
,, deficiency in size and breadth of I 
feather )5 5 
,, ,, deficiency in quantity of hackle ... 5 ... ... ... ... 5 
„ ,, faults in shape, style, and carriage I 
(including set of tail) f'^ ^5 
„ „ want of size and condition 10 10 
100 
" Serious Defects. — Cock's comb going over, hen's comb nearly erect, semi-serrations, side sprigs, 
thumb-marks or twist in front, paleness of face, specks of white in cock's face, red tinge on lobe, wrinkled 
lobes, want of hackle, any white in flights or in any part of tail. 
" Fatal Defects. — Comb not single ; quite over in cocks, or quite erect in hens. Face quite white 
in adults, or having even only specks of white in cockerels; lobe red ; any other body colour than blue ; 
any other colour than black (or dark purple) in lacing or hackles and saddle of cock ; legs any other colour 
than blue, or feathered ; toes, more or less than four on each foot ; squirrel or wry tail ; any other 
deformity. 
Disqualifications. — " Any trimming, dyeing, or other fraudulent practice. 
