STANDARD OF PERFECTION 119 
PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 
D isqualifications. 
Positive white extending into web of tail feathers of cockerel; vulture- 
like hocks; plucked hocks, shanks other than yellow or dusky yellow, 
bare middle toes. (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. 
"~ 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, 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 plumage, 
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: secondaries, 
inner web black, outer web mahogany brown, penciled with black, pen- 
ciling conforming to shape of feather. 
