62 AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
Wattles and Ear-Lobes : Wattles, fine in texture, well rounded. 
Ear-lobes, oblong in shape, well defined, smooth. 
Neck: Short, well arched; hackle, abundant. 
Wings: Small, well rounded, well folded; wing-fronts, well covered 
by breast feathers. 
Back: Short, broad, flat at shoulders, rising in a concave sweep to a 
broad, slightly- rounded cushion, which extends well on to main tail; 
plumage, abundant. 
Tail: Short, well spread at base, carried at an angle of forty degrees 
from the horizontal. (See illustration.) Coverts, abundant. 
Breast: Broad, deep, round. 
Body and Fluff: Body, short, deep, round, with low-set keel. 
Fluff, full-feathered, well rounded. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, short, stout, well spread, showing outline 
of shape when viewed sideways, well covered with soft feathers; shanks, 
short, set well apart, stout, well rounded. Toes, straight. Shanks and 
toes free from feathers, stubs and down. 
SILVER WYANDOTTES. 
Disqualifications. 
Ear-lobes more than one-quarter positive enamel white; shanks 
other than yellow. (See general disqualifications.) 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Head: Plumage, silvery white, each feather having a black stripe, 
tapering to a fine point near its extremity. 
Beak: Dark horn, shading to yellow at point. 
Eyes: Bay, or reddish- bay. 
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear-Lobes : Bright red. 
Neck: Silvery white, a clear, black stripe through each feather, 
tapering to a point near its extremity; shafts of feathers, white; under- 
color, slate. 
Wings: Primaries, black, lower edge white; secondaries, black, 
lower half of outer web white, with a narrow black edging wider at the 
tip, wing-coverts, upper web black, lower web white, with a narrow black 
stripe along the edge that widens as it approaches the tip, forming a double 
bar of laced feathers across wing; wing-bows, silvery white; under-color, 
slate. 
Back: Silvery white; saddle, silvery white, a black stripe through 
each feather, tapering to a point near its extremity, having a tapering, 
diamond-shaped center of white: under-color, slate. 
Tail: Black; sickles and greater coverts, lustrous greenish- black; 
