STANDARD OF PERFECTION 167 
■ Back: Gray, formed of silvery white finely stippled with ashy-gray. 
Tail: Black, penciled with gray on outside and dark slate on inside. 
' Breast: Salmon-red, shading off to ashy-gray at sides. 
Body and Fluff: Body, silvery or slaty-gray, free from dark marks 
across feathers; under part of body, gray. Fluff, gray. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, ashy-gray; shanks and toes, white. 
Under-Color: Slate. 
COLORED DORKINGS. 
Disqualifications-. 
Shanks other than white or flesh color; absence of fifth toe. (See 
general disqualifications.) 
STANDARD WEIGHTS. 
Cock !) lbs. Hen 7 lbs. 
Cockerel 8 lbs. Pullet 6 lbs. 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Head: Plumage, very light gray. 
Beak: Dark horn. 
Eyes: Reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear-Lobes: Bright red. 
Neck: Light straw color with a wide, black stripe extending down 
middle of each feather. 
Wings: Bows, light straw; primaries, black or dark slate; second- 
aries, upper web black, lower web white; coverts, lustrous greenish-black, 
forming a wide bar across wing. 
Back: Cape, black and white; saddle feathers, light straw color, 
with a wide, black stripe extending down middle of each feather. 
Tail: Black; sickles, greenish-black; coverts, lustrous black. 
Breast: Lustrous black. 
Body and Fluff: Black. 
- Legs and Toes: Thighs, black; shanks and toes, white. 
Under-Color: Dark slate. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Head : Plumage, black or nearly black. 
Beak: Dark horn. 
Eyes: Reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear-Lobes: Bright red. 
