STANDARD OF PERFECTION 101 
Comb: Single, medium in size, deeply serrated, having five distinct 
points, the front portion of comb and first point to stand erect, the re- 
mainder of comb drooping gradually to one side; fine in texture, free from 
folds or wrinkles. 
Face: Smooth, fine in texture, well rounded. 
Wattles and Ear- Lobes: Wattles, of moderate size, thin, well 
rounded. Ear-lobes, oval in shape, smooth, thin, free from folds or 
wrinkles, fitting closely to the head. 
Neck: Long, slender and gracefully arched. 
Wings: Large and well folded. 
Back: Of moderate length, somewhat rounded, with a slight slope 
downward from shoulders to center of back, and then rising in a concave 
incline to tail. 
Tail: Long, full, and well spread, carried at an angle of forty degrees 
from the horizontal. 
Breast: Well rounded, carried well forward. 
Body and Fluff: Body, moderately long, fairly deep, straight from 
front to rear. Fluff, rather short, more developed than in male. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs and shanks, moderately long, slender. 
Toes, straight. 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Head: Plumage, black. 
Beak: Yellow, upper mandible shaded with black. 
Eyes: Reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face and Wattles: Bright red. 
*Ear- Lobes: White. 
Neck: Lustrous greenish- black; about one feather in five tipped 
with white. 
Wings: Bows, lustrous greenish-black, one feather in five tipped 
with white; primaries, black, edged with white; secondaries, black, ending 
with a white tip; coverts, lustrous greenish-black, many ending in a white 
spangle. 
—'♦Back: Lustrous greenish-black; saddle, lustrous greenish-black, 
about one feather in five tipped with white. 
Tail: Main tail feathers black, many tipped with white; sickles and 
coverts, lustrous greenish-black, ending with white tips. 
Breast: Lustrous black, about one feather in five tipped with a 
white spangle. 
Body and Fluff: Body, lustrous black, about one feather in five 
tipped with a white spangle. Fluff, black, slightly tinged with white. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, black somewhat tipped with white; under- 
color, black or slate. Shanks and toes, yellow or yellow mottled with 
black. 
