156 AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
Tail: Large and full; main tail feathers carried at an angle of forty- 
five degrees from the horizontal; sickles, large, long and well curved; 
coverts, abundant. 
Breast: Deep, well rounded. 
Body and Fluff: Body, long, moderately wide, straight from front 
to rear. Fluff, short. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, moderate size, long; shanks, long. Toes, 
straight. 
SHAPE OF FEMALE. 
Head: Long, broad, deep. 
Beak: Rather long, stout. 
Eyes: Large, oval. 
Comb: Single, moderately large, deeply serrated, having five points, 
drooping to one side; very fine in texture. 
Face: Long, deep, smooth, free from wrinkles, rising well over eyes 
in arched form and not obstructing sight, extending toward back of head 
and to base of beak, covering the cheeks and joining wattles and ear- 
lobes; the greater the extent of surface the better. 
Wattles and Ear- Lobes: Wattles, smooth, very long, thin, ribbon- 
like. Ear-lobes, very large, free from folds and wrinkles, meeting in front, 
extending well backward on each side of neck, hanging very low and 
regularly rounded on lower edges, very smooth. 
Neck: Long, well arched. 
Wings: Large, well folded. 
Back: Long, broad and straight, sloping downward to middle of 
back, which rises in a short concave sweep to tail. 
Tail: Large, carried at an angle of forty-five degrees from the hori- 
zontal; the two top main tail-feathers slightly curved, especially in pullets. 
Breast: Deep, well rounded. 
Body and Fluff: Body, long, moderately wide, straight from front 
to rear. Fluff, short. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, moderately long; shanks, long. Toes, 
straight. 
COLOR OF MALE AND FEMALE. 
Beak: Black. 
Eyes: Dark brown. 
Comb : Bright red. 
Face: Pure white. 
Wattles and Ear-Lobes: Wattles, males, bright red, except inside 
of upper part, which is white; females, bright red. Ear-lobes, pure white. 
Legs and Toes: Dark leaden-blue, or black. 
Plumage: Surface, lustrous greenish-black, throughout; under- 
color, dark slate. 
