52 AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 
Disqualifications. 
Positive white in ear-lobes; positive white extending into tail feathers 
of cockerel; shanks other than yellow or dusky yellow. (See general 
disqualifications.) 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Head: Plumage, bright red. 
Beak: Dark horn, shading to yellow at point. 
Eyes: Reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear- Lobes: Bright red. 
Neck: Bright red, with a lustrous greenish-black stripe running 
nearly parallel with edges and extending through each feather, tapering 
to a point near its extremity; under-color, slate. 
Wings: Wing- bows, dark red; fronts, black; primaries, black, lower 
edges of web, reddish-bay; secondaries, black, outside web reddish-bay 
terminating with greenish-black at end of each feather; coverts, lustrous 
greenish-black, forming well-defined bar of this color across wing when 
folded. 
N Back: Dark red; saddle, bright red, with lustrous greenish-black 
stripe down the middle of each feather, same as in hackle; under-color, 
slate. 
Tail: Black; sickles and coverts, lustrous greenish-black, edged with 
bright red. 
"Breast: Lustrous black; under-color, slate. 
Body and Fluff: Body, black. Fluff, black; under-color, slate. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, black, under-color, slate Shank plum- 
age, black or brownish-black. Shanks and toes, yellow or dusky yellow. 
Toe plumage, black or brownish- black. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Head: Plumage, mahogany brown. 
Beak: Dark horn, shading into yellow at point. 
Eyes: Reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear- Lobes: Bright red. 
Neck- Bright red, with a lustrous black stripe extending down the 
middle of each feather, running nearly parallel with edge of feather and 
tapering to a point near its extremity. 
Wings: Wing-bows, mahogany brown, penciled with black; pri 
maries, black, with edging of mahogany brown on outer web; second- 
aries, inner web black, outer web mahogany brown penciled with black, 
penciling conforming to shape of feather. 
