76 AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTES. 
Disqualifications. 
Ear-lobes more than one-quarter positive enamel white; 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: Bay, or 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: Primaries, black, lower edges reddish-bay; secondaries, 
black, outside web, reddish-bay, terminating with greenish-black at end 
of each feather; coverts, lustrous greenish-black, forming a well defined 
bar of this color across wing, when folded; wing- bows, dark red; fronts, 
black. 
Back: Dark red; saddle, bright red, with a 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; lesser 
coverts, lustrous greenish-black, edged with bright red. 
Breast: Lustrous black; under-color, slate. 
Body and Fluff: Body and fluff, black, marked with reddish- 
brown, reddish-brown not to predominate; under-color, slate. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, black; shanks and toes, yellow; red 
showing at outer sides, back of scales, not a defect. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Head: Plumage, mahogany brown. 
Beak: Dark brown, shading to yellow at point. 
Eyes: Bay, or reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear-Lobes: Bright red. 
Neck: Reddish-bay, center portion of feathers black penciled with 
mahogany brown extending down middle of each feather, running nearly 
parallel with edges of feather and tapering to a point near its extremity. 
Wings: Primaries, black, with edging of mahogany brown on outer 
web; secondaries, inner web, black; outer web, mahogany brown, penciled 
with black; coverts, mahogany brown, penciled with black, penciling con- 
forming to shape of feather; wing-bows, mahogany brown, penciled with 
black. 
