STANDARD OF PERFECTION 85 
of each feather, running nearly parallel with edges of feather and tapering 
to a point near its extremity. 
Wings: Wing- bows, white; primaries, black, with white edging on 
lower edge of lower web; secondaries, lower portion of lower web, white, 
sufficient to secure a white wing-bay, the white extending around the ends 
and lacing upper portion of upper web, this color growing wider in the 
shorter secondaries, the five next to the body being white on the surface 
when wing is folded; remainder of each secondary, black. 
Back: Surface, white, occasional black ticking not a serious defect: 
cape, white, or black and white; under-color white, bluish- white or slate. 
Tail: Black, except the two top feathers which are edged with white: 
tail-coverts, black edged with white. 
Breast: Surface and under-color, white; under-color, at juncture 
with body, white or bluish-white. 
Body \nd Fluff: Body, white, except under wings where it may be 
white or bluish- white; under-color, white or bluish- white. Fluff, white. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, white; under-color, white, or bluish- white; 
shanks and toes, yellow. 
