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tipped with lustrous beetle-green spangles, which should be as round as possible, but never so large as to 
overlap — the spangling should commence high up the throat; two in number, and sometimes 
three, made up of large beetle-green spangles running parallel across the wings, with a gentle curve, each bar 
distinct and separate ; Secondary Flight Feathers^ white, tipped with large, round, beetle-green spangles, 
which form what are called "steppings ; " Tail^ each feather a pure white with a half-moon spangle at the 
end; Tail Coverts, should reach halfway up the true tail feathers, and form a beautiful row across the tail 
(each side) of perfectly round spangles. 
Gold-Spangled Cock. — Hackle^ rich golden bay, each feather marked down the centre with a ttripe 
of beetle-green ; Breast and Thighs, rich golden bay, each feather tipped at the end with a round spot or 
spangle (the greener the better), small near the throat, and increasing in size towards the thighs, but never 
so large as to overlap ; Shoulder and JViug-bows, dark bay, almost maroon, with dagger-shaped tips at the 
end of each feather ; Wing-bars, two in number, formed of large beetle-green spangles, running parallel 
across each wing with a gentle curve, each bar distinct and separate ; Secondary Flight Feathers, golden 
bay, tipped with large beetle-green spangles, which form what are called "steppings ; " Back and Saddle, 
golden bay, each feather striped down the centre with green ; Tail, Sickle Feathers, and Tail Coverts, these 
are all a rich black ; if they are tinged with green, so much the better. 
Gold-Sp.^ngled Hen. — Bead, black and bay mixed ; A'eck Hackle, a rich bay, each feather marked 
down the centre with a stripe of beetle-green; JJieast, Thighs, Back, Saddle, Shoulders, and Wing-boivs, 
every feather a beautiful bay, tipped with lustrous beetle-green spangles, which should be as round as 
possiible, and never so large as to overlap. Wing-bars, two in number, scJmetimes three, made up of large 
beetle-green spangles running parallel across the wing with a gentle curve, each bar distinct and separate ; 
Secondary Flight Feathers, bay, tipped with large, round beetle-green spangles, which form what are called 
"steppings;" Tail, black, tinged with green; Tail Coverts should be spangled, though at present the 
spangling is so large it only shows a light lacing of gold round the feathers. 
Silver-Pencilled Cock.— Neck Hackle, Breast, Thighs, and Fluff, Bach, Saddle, Shoulders, and 
IVing-boius, a silvery white ; Wing Coverts, the bottom web or visible part of each feather is white, the top 
web, or invisible part of each feather when wing is closed, is closely pencilled — a slight and indistinct bar of 
black is admissible ; Secondary F'light Feathers, as white as possible, though the top web, or invisible part 
of each feather is generally black, or coarsely pencilled ; Tail, black ; Sickle Feathers and Tail Coverts, a 
solid, rich black, laced all round with a narrow strip of white. 
Silver-Pencilled ^^-^i.—Neck Hackle, silvery white; Breast, Thighs, Back, Saddle, Shoulders, 
Wing Bows, Wing Coverts, Tail, and Tail Coverts, silvery white — each feather distinctly and evenly pencilled 
straight across with fine parallel lines of a rich beetle-green colour. The pencilling and the intervening 
ground colours should be the same width ; Secondary Flight Feathers, these should be pencilled as much 
as possible, but the marking is naturally a trifle coarse. 
Gold-Pencilled Qocv^.—Ncck Hackle, Breast, Thighs and Fluff, Back, Saddle, Shoulders and 
IVing-bows, a bright red bay; Wing Coverts, the bottom web, or visible part of each feather, is a bright red 
bay. The top web, or invisible part of each feather, is coarsely pencilled, a slight and indistinct bar of black 
is admissible ; Secondary Flight Feathers, a bright red bay, though the top web, or invisible part of the 
feather, is generally black or coarsely pencilled ; Tail, black ; Sickle Feathers and Tail Coverts, a solid rich 
black, laced all round with a narrow strip of gold. 
Gold-Pencilled Hen.— iV^t-c^ Hackle, a bright gold; Breast, Thighs, Back, Saddle, Shoulders, 
Wing-boivs, Wing Coverts, Tail, and Tail Coverts, a bright red bay, each feather distinctly and evenly 
pencilled straight across with fine parallel lines of a rich beetle-green colour, the pencilling and the inter- 
vening colour should be the same width ; Secondary Flight Feathers, these should be pencilled as much as 
possible, but the marking is naturally a trifle coarse. 
Black Cock and Hen. — Plumage, a beautiful soft green colour from head to tail, and especially on 
the sickle feathers and tail coverts. Any approach to bronze or purple tinge should be avoided. 
