STANDARD OF PERFECTION 135 
coverts, lustrous greenish-black, forming a well-defined wing-bar when 
wing is folded. 
Back and Saddle: Back, rich, brilliant red; saddle feathers, rich, 
brilliant red with a lustrous greenish-black stripe running through the 
middle of each feather, same as in hackle. 
Tail: Black; sickles and coverts, lustrous greenish-black. 
Breast: Lustrous black. 
Body and Fluff: Black. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, black; shanks, yellow. Toes, yellow or 
dusky yellow. 
Under-Color: Dark slate. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Head: Plumage, golden yellow, tinged with dark brown. 
Beak: Horn. 
Comb, Face and Wattles: Bright red. 
Ear- Lobes: White or creamy-white. 
Neck: Golden yellow, with broad, black stripe extending down 
middle of each feather and tapering to a point near its extremity. 
Wings: Bows, same color as described for back; primaries, slaty- 
brown, the outer web slightly edged with brown; secondaries, brown, the 
outer web finely stippled with lighter brown; coverts, same color as de- 
scribed for back. 
Back: Web of feathers, on surface, light brown, finely stippled with 
a darker brown, the lighter shade predominating. More importance is 
attached to fineness, sharp definition of stippling, evenness of color and 
freedom from shafting than to the particular shade of color, but it is im- 
portant that the effect produced be that of a soft, even brown that is not 
suggestive of gray, as one extreme to be avoided — or of red, as the other; 
the parts of the feathers not exposed, to be brown shading into slate in 
fluff. 
Tail: Dull black, except the two highest main tail feathers which 
are stippled with lighter brown; coverts, same as for back. 
Breast: Rich salmon, shading off lighter under the body; free from 
shafting. 
Body and Fluff: Body, light brown stippled a darker brown, free 
from shafting. Fluff, slate, plentifully tinged with brown. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, slate, plentifully tinged with brown; shanks, 
yellow. Toes, yellow or dusky yellow. 
