STANDARD OF PERFECTION 287 
BRONZE TURKEYS. 
Disqualifications. 
White feathers in any part of plumage; wings showing one or more 
primary or secondary feathers clear black or brown, or absence of white or 
gray bars more than one- half the length of primaries; color of back, tail 
or tail-coverts clear black, brown or gray; crooked back; decidedly wry 
tail; adult cocks weighing less than 30 pounds; yearling cocks weighing less 
than 25 pounds; cockerels weighing less than 18 pounds; hens weighing 
less than 14 pounds; pullets weighing less than 10 pounds. (See general 
disqualifications.) 
Note. The following defects should be cut severely. Absence of one 
or more pirmary or secondary wing feathers. Absence of one or more 
center main tail feathers; white or gray bars showing on main tail 
feathers beyond coverts; absence of black bands on one or more of the 
large main tail coverts; decidedly wry wings; decidedly crooked breast 
bone. 
STANDARD WEIGHTS. 
Adult Cock 36 lbs. Cockerel 2.3 lbs. 
Yearling Cock 33 lbs. Hen 20 lbs. 
Pullet lGlbs. 
When two specimens are both over Standard weight and equal in all 
other points, the one nearest Standard, weight shall win. 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Head: Rich red, changeable to bluish-white. 
Beak: Light horn at tip, dark at base. 
Eyes: Dark brown. 
Throat Wattle: Rich red, changeable to bluish- white. 
Neck: Light, rich, brilliant bronze. 
Beard: Black. 
Wings: Bows, light, rich, brilliant bronze ending in a narrow band 
of black; primaries, each feather evenly and distinctly barred straight 
across with parallel bars of black and white throughout the length of 
feather; secondaries, dull black, evenly and regularly barred across with 
parallel bars of white, the more distinct the better, the color changing to a 
bronze brown as the middle of back is approached, and the white bars 
become less distinct, an edging of brown in secondaries being very objec- 
tionable; coverts, a beautiful, rich bronze, forming a beautiful, broad, 
bronze band across wings when folded, feathers terminate in a wide black 
band forming a glossy, ribbon-like mark which separates them from pri- 
maries and secondaries. Flight coverts, barred similar to primaries. x 
