196 AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, golden bay, each feather ending with a 
greenish-black spangle. Shanks and toes, leaden-blue. 
Under-Color: Slate. 
Note: In all sections where the word "spangle" appears, when 
shape is not otherwise described, read, " edges of spangle following web 
of feather and meeting at shaft." 
SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURGS. 
Disqualifications. 
Red in ear-lobes covering more than one-third of the surface; absence 
of distinct bars across the wings; markings wholly crescentic; shanks other 
than leaden-blue, except the natural fading from age; hen-feathered male. 
(See general disqualifications.) 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Head : Plumage, white. 
Beak: Dark horn. 
Eyes : Black, or brown. 
Comb, Face and Wattles : Bright red. 
Ear- Lobes: White. 
Neck: White, each feather ending with an elongated, black spangle, 
the spangle being proportionate to size of feather. 
Wings:. Bows, silvery white, distinctly spangled with black; pri- 
maries, white, each feather edged with black at end; secondaries, clear, 
silvery white, each feather ending with a black, crescent-shaped spangle, 
gradually increasing into a round-shaped spangle as it approaches the 
back; coverts, silvery white, free from lacing, each feather ending with a 
large, black spangle, forming two distinct parallel bars across wings. 
Back: Clear, silvery white, spangled with black, the texture of 
feathers giving spangles a rayed appearance; saddle, clear, silvery white, 
each feather ending with a black spangle. 
Tail: White, each feather ending with a long, black spangle; sickles, 
pure white, ending with a large, black spangle; coverts, pure white, ending 
with black spangles. 
Breast: Clear, silvery white, each feather ending with a large, black 
spangle, the spangle being proportionate to size of feather. 
Body and Fluff: Body, clear, silvery white, each feather ending with 
a large, black spangle, the spangle being proportionate to size of feather. 
Fluff, slate, tinged with white. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, silvery white, each feather ending with a 
black spangle. Shanks and toes, leaden-blue. 
Under-Color: Slate. 
