146 AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
SILVER LEGHORNS. 
Disqualifications. 
Red covering more than one-half the surface of ear-lobes in cockerels 
and pullets; red in any part of the plumage; shanks other than yellow. 
(See general disqualifications.) 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Head: Plumage, silvery white. 
Beak: Yellow. 
Eyes: Red. 
Comb, Face and Wattles: Bright red. 
Ear-Lobes: White. 
Neck: Plumage, other than hackle, rich, glossy black; hackle, silvery 
white with narrow black stripe extending down middle of each lower 
hackle feather, terminating near extremity of feather. 
Wings: Shoulders, black; wing-fronts, black; wing-bows, silvery 
white; wing-coverts, black, forming a distinct bar across the wing; pri- 
maries, black, except the lower feathers, the outer edges of which should 
be silvery white; secondaries, part of outer web of feathers in wing-bay, 
white, remainder of feathers black. 
Back: Silvery white. 
Cape: Black. 
Saddle Feathers: Silvery white. 
Tail: Black; sickles, lustrous black; upper coverts, lustrous black; 
lower coverts, silvery white. 
Breast: Black. 
Body and Fluff: Black. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, black; shanks, yellow. Toes, yellow. 
Under-Color: Gray. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Head: Plumage, silvery gray. 
Beak: Yellow. 
Eyes: Red. 
Comb, Face and Wattles : Bright red. 
Ear- Lobes: White. 
Neck: Plumage, other than hackle, light salmon; hackle, silvery gray, 
with narrow black stripe extending down middle of each feather, terminat- 
ing near extremity of feather. 
Wings: Bows, light gray, free from dark marks or bars; primaries 
and secondaries, upper web, gray, lower web, slaty-gray; coverts, light 
gray, free from dark marks or red. 
