166 AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
SILVER-GRAY DORKINGS. 
Disqualifications. 
Shanks other than white or flesh color; absence of fifth toe. (See 
general disqualifications.) 
STANDARD WEIGHTS. 
Cock 8 lbs. Hen 6^ lbs. 
Cockerel 7 lbs. Pullet 5j lbs. 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Head: Plumage, silvery white. 
Beak: White, streaked with horn. 
Eyes: Reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear-Lobes: Bright red. 
Neck: Hackle, silvery white; a narrow gray stripe extending down 
middle of each feather of lower hackle is allowable. 
Wings: Bows, silvery white; primaries, quills black, black on upper 
web, white on lower web; secondaries, quills black, black on upper web, 
white on lower web, with a black spot at end of each feather; coverts, 
lustrous greenish-black, forming a wide bar across wing. 
Back and Saddle: Silvery white. 
Cape: Black. 
Tail: Sickles, greenish-black; a little white at base of main tail in 
cock is allowable; coverts, rich, lustrous black, the lesser coverts having 
an edging of white. 
Breast : Lustrous black. 
Body and Fluff: Black. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, black; shanks and toes, white. 
Under-Color: Slate. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Head: Plumage, silvery white. 
Beak: White, streaked with horn. 
Eyes: Reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear-Lobes: Bright red. 
Neck : Hackle, silvery white, with a fine, black stripe extending down 
middle of each feather, tapering to a point near its extremity. 
Wings: Bows, silvery white, finely stippled with ashy-gray; pri- 
maries, upper web dark slate, lower web slaty-gray; secondaries, upper web 
dark slate, lower web slaty-gray; coverts, silvery white stippled with ashy- 
gray. 
