186 AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
well-defined black ending; bows, golden bay, each feather laced with black; 
coverts, golden bay, each feather laced with black, the black growing wider 
at the extremity, forming two distinctly laced bars across wings. 
Back: Golden bay, each feather laced with black. 
Tail: Golden bay, each feather laced with black, the black being 
wider at outer end of feather. 
Breast: Golden bay, each feather laced with black. 
Body and Fluff: Body, golden bay, each feather laced with black. 
Fluff, a lighter shade of bay tinged with black. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, bay, each feather laced with black. Shanks 
and toes, slaty-blue. 
Under-Color: Slate. 
BEARDED SILVER POLISH. 
Disqualifications. 
Shanks other than blue or slaty-blue, except the natural fading from 
age. (See general disqualifications.) 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Beak: Dark horn. 
Eyes: Reddish-bay. 
Comb and Crest: Comb, red. Crest, white, laced with black. 
Beard: White, laced with black. 
Face: Red. 
Wattles and Ear-Lobes: Wattles, red. Ear-lobes, white. 
Neck : White, each feather laced with black. 
Wings: Primaries, white, ending with black, the black tapering to a 
point on lower edges; secondaries, white, with well-defined black lacing; 
coverts, white, each feather laced with black, widest at end, forming two 
well-defined wing bars. 
Back: White, the end of each feather laced with black; saddle 
feathers, abundant, each feather laced with black, the texture of feathers 
giving a rayed appearance. 
* Tail: White, each feather laced with black, widest at ends; sickles 
and coverts, white, each feather laced with black, widest at ends. 
Breast: White, free from mossing, each feather laced with black, the 
lacing being proportionate to size of feather. 
Body and Fluff: Body, white, each feather laced with black. 
Fluff, white, tinged with black. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, white laced with black; shanks and toes, 
slaty-blue. 
Under-Color: Slate. 
