STANDARD OF PERFECTION 217 
Body and Stern: Body, fine and close on under part; not deep. 
Stern, well tucked up underneath. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, long, muscular, standing out from body, 
but slightly sloping to hocks. Shanks, long, smooth, bony, standing well 
apart. Toes, long, straight, well spread. Shanks below hocks, and toes, 
free from feathers and down. 
Plumage: Short, close. 
Station: Erect. 
Size: Exceptionally large birds are undesirable. 
Note: Cockerels shown after Nov. 1st should be dubbed. 
SHAPE OF FEMALE. 
Head: Long, lean and bony. 
Beak: Long, tapering, slightly curved. 
Eves: Large, full, with keen expression. 
Comb: Single, small, straight, thin, erect, evenly serrated. 
Face: Lean, thin, with fine skin. 
Wattles and Ear- Lobes: Wattles, small, thin, round. Ear-lobes, 
small. 
Neck: Long, very slightly arched, carried erect, tapering neatly and 
gradually from body to head, thin and clean-cut at throat, giving a distinct 
outline to head ; hackle, short, close. 
Wings: Large, powerful, the fronts standing out from body at 
shoulders, the feathers folded closely together, the points not extending 
beyond body; carried without drooping, but not carried over the back. 
Back: Flat, rather short, straight on top from hackle to tail, broad at 
shoulders, narrowing and sloping to stern. 
Tail: Rather short, compact, closely folded, carried at slight eleva- 
tion. 
Breast: Broad, round at sides. 
Body and Stern: Body, fine and close on under part; not deep. 
Stern, well tucked up underneath. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, long, muscular, standing out from body, 
but slightly sloping to hocks. Shanks, long, smooth, bony, standing well 
apart. Toes, long, straight, well spread. Shanks below hocks, and toes, 
free from feathers and down. 
Plumage: Short, close. 
Station: Erect. 
Size: Exceptionally large birds are undesirable. 
