STANDARD OF PERFECTION 203 
SILVER PENCILED HAMBURGS. 
Disqualifications. 
Red in ear-lobes covering one-third of the surface; breast of female 
not penciled; 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: Reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face and Wattles: Bright red. 
Ear- Lobes: White. 
Neck: Clear white. 
Wings: Bows, white; primaries, white; secondaries, upper web black, 
with a narrow border of white or gray on edge; lower web, white with a 
narrow stripe of black next to shaft of feather; coverts, apparently white 
when the wings are folded, but penciled with black on upper web. 
Back: Silvery white; saddle feathers, silvery white. 
Tail: Black; sickles and coverts, black, with a distinct edging of 
white, the narrower and more uniform the better. 
Breast: White. 
Body and Fluff: Body, white, the sides below wings penciled across 
with black bars. Fluff, white. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, silvery white; shanks and toes, leaden-blue. 
Under-Color: Slate. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Head: Plumage, white. 
Beak: Dark horn. 
Eyes: Reddish-bay. 
Comb, Face and Wattles: Bright red. 
Ear- Lobes: White. 
Neck: White, except at base which should be penciled across with 
narrow bars of greenish-black. 
Wings: Bows, white, distinctly penciled with greenish-black; pri- 
maries, white; secondaries and coverts, white, penciled across with green- 
ish-black. 
Back: White, each feather distinctly penciled across with narrow, 
parallel bars of greenish-black. 
Tail: White, penciled across with greenish- black; coverts, silvery 
white, penciled across with greenish-black. 
