STANDARD OF PERFECTION 195 
as they approach the back; coverts, clear golden bay, free from lacing, each 
feather ending with a large, greenish-black spangle, forming two distinct 
parallel bars across wings. 
Back: Lustrous golden bay, spangled with greenish-black, the tex- 
ture of the feathers giving the spangles a rayed appearance; saddle feathers, 
lustrous golden bay with a lustrous greenish-black stripe extending down 
middle of each feather, same as in hackle. 
Tail: Lustrous greenish-black; sickles, lustrous greenish-black; 
coverts, lustrous greenish-black. 
Breast: Golden bay, each feather ending with a large, lustrous 
greenish-black spangle, the spangle being proportionate to size of feather. 
Body and Fluff: Golden bay, each feather ending with a large, 
greenish-black spangle, the spangle being proportionate to size of feather. 
Fluff, bay, tinged with slate. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, golden bay, each feather ending with a 
greenish-black spangle. Shanks and toes, leaden-blue. 
Under-Color: Slate. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Head: Plumage, rich, golden bay. 
Beak: Dark horn. 
Eyes: Reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face and Wattles: Bright red. 
Ear-Lobes: White. 
Neck: Golden bay, with a lustrous greenish-black stripe extending 
down middle of each feather, terminating in a point near its extremity. 
Wings: Bows, golden bay, distinctly spangled with lustrous greenish- 
black; primaries, upper web black, lower web bay; secondaries, golden 
bay, each feather ending with a lustrous greenish-black crescent-shaped 
spangle, gradually increasing into round-shaped spangles as it approaches 
the back; coverts, clear reddish-bay, free from lacing, each feather ending 
with a large, greenish-black spangle, forming two distinct parallel bars 
across wings. 
Back: Golden bay, each feather ending with a large, greenish-black 
spangle, the spangle being proportionate to size of feather. 
Tail: Greenish-black; coverts, golden bay, each feather ending with 
a lustrous greenish-black spangle. 
Breast: Golden bay, each feather ending with a large, greenish- 
black spangle, the spangle being proportionate to size of feather. 
Body and Fluff: Body, golden bay, each feather ending with a 
large, greenish-black spangle, the spangle being proportionate to size 
of feather. Fluff, slate, tinged with gray. 
