STANDARD OF PERFECTION 63 
lesser coverts, black, with diamond-shaped white centers, feathers laced 
with white. 
Breast: Web of each feather, white, laced with a narrow, lustrous 
greenish-black, sharply defined lacing, to conform to edge of feather; 
under-color, slate. 
Body and Fluff: Body, web of each feather, white, laced with a 
narrow, lustrous greenish-black, sharply defined lacing, to conform to 
edge of feather; under-color, slate. Fluff, slate, powdered with gray; 
under-color, slate. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, web of each feather, white, laced with a 
narrow, lustrous greenish-black, sharply defined lacing, to conform to 
edge of feather; under-color, slate. Shanks and toes, yellow; red showing 
at outer sides, back of scales, not a defect. Shanks, free from feathers, 
stubs and down. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Head: Plumage, silvery gray. 
Beak: Dark horn, shading to yellow at point. 
Eyes: Bay, or reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear-Lobes: Bright red. 
Neck: Silvery white, with a black stripe through each feather, 
tapering to a point near its extremity; shafts of feathers, white; under- 
color, slate. 
Wings: Primaries, black, the lower edge, white; secondaries, black, 
lower half of outer web white, with a narrow black edging, wider at the tip; 
shoulders and wing-coverts, white, each feather laced with a narrow, 
lustrous greenish-black, sharply defined lacing, to conform to the edge 
of the feather; wing-bows, Avhite, each feather laced with a narrow, lustrous 
greenish-black, sharply defined lacing, to conform to edge of the feather; 
under-color, slate. 
Back: W T eb of each feather, white, laced with a narrow, lustrous 
greenish-black, sharply defined lacing, to conform to edge of feather; 
under-color, slate. 
Tail: Black; the upper sides of the two top feathers edged with 
white; greater coverts, black: lesser coverts, black with white centers. 
Breast: White, each feather laced with a narrow, lustrous greenish- 
black, sharply defined lacing, to conform to edge of feather; under-color, 
slate. 
Body and Fluff: Body, web of each feather, white, laced with a 
narrow, lustrous greenish-black, sharply defined lacing, to conform to 
edge of feather; under-color, slate. Fluff, slate, powdered with gray; 
under-color, slate. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, web of each feather, white, laced with a 
narrow, lustrous greenish-black, sharply defined lacing, to conform to 
edge of feather: under-color, slate. Shanks and toes, yellow. 
