STANDARD OF PERFECTION 235 
Body and Stern: Body, well rounded at sides; keel, long and 
straight. Stern, well tucked up. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, of medium length, round, muscidar, set 
well apart; shanks, short and stout. Toes, long, strong and straight, 
well spread. Shanks, below hocks, and toes, free from feathers and 
down. 
Plumage: Short, narrow and close. 
Body in Hand: Firm, compact, muscular. 
Station and Carriage: Station, low; carriage, erect, upright, in- 
dicating great vigor. 
DARK CORNISH. 
Disn u edification s. 
Combs other than pea or irregular pea; solid whi e, blue or black 
shanks. (See general disqualifications.) 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Head: Greenish-black. 
Beak: Yellow. 
Eyes: Yellow, approaching pearl. 
Comb, Face, Wattles and Ear- Lobes: Bright red. 
Neck: Hackle, lustrous greenish-black; shafts, red; plumage, other 
than hackle, lustrous greenish-black, shafts, red. 
Wings: Wing-fronts, greenish- black; wing-bows, lustrous greenish- 
black and dark red intermixed, the black greatly predominating; coverts, 
forming wing-bars, lustrous greenish- black; primaries, black, except a 
narrow edging of bay on outer web; secondaries, upper web black, lower 
web one-third black next to shaft, the remainder bay. 
Back: Lustrous greenish-black and dark red intermixed, the black 
greatly predominating; saddle feathers, like back in color, but with a 
somewhat larger proportion of dark red. 
Tail: Black; sickles and coverts, lustrous greenish- black. 
Breast: Lustrous greenish-black. 
Body and Stern: Black. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, black; shanks and toes, yellow. 
Under-Color: Dark slate. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Head: Plumage, greenish-black. 
Beak: Yellow. 
Eyes: Yellow, approaching pearl. 
