STANDARD OF PERFECTION 291 
COLOR OF MALE. 
Head: Rich red, changeable to bluish- white. 
Beak: Light horn. 
Eyes: Brown. 
Throat Wattle: Rich red, changeable to bluish-white. 
Neck: Upper part, black, each feather ending in a broad, steel-gray 
band. Lower part, black, each feather ending in a broad, steel-gray band, 
edged with black, the edging of black increasing as the body is approached. 
Beard: Black. 
WlNQS: Bows, metallic black, each feather ending with a band of 
steel-gray, edged with metallic black: primaries, each feather evenly and 
distinctly barred across with parallel bars of black and white; secondaries, 
marked similar to those of primaries, but less distinct and approaching a 
light gray; coverts, inside web, black or dark brown; outside web. a light 
steel-gray, approaching white, terminating in a metallic black band, form- 
ing a wide, steel-gray band across the wing when folded. 
Back: Rich, metallic black: saddle, black, each feather ending in a 
broad, steel-gray band, approaching white; the light band increasing as 
the tail-coverts are approached. 
Tail: Dull black, each feather regularly penciled with parallel lines 
of light brown, ending in a broad band of metallic black, edged with steel- 
gray, approaching white: coverts, dull black, each feather regularly penciled 
with parallel lines of light brown, ending in a band of metallic black, with 
a wide edging of light steel-gray approaching white. 
Breast: Metallic black, each feather ending in a broad, light, steel- 
gray band, edged with black. 
Body and Fluff: Body, metallic black, each feather ending in a 
broad, light, steel-gray band, edged with black. 
Legs axd Toes: Thighs, rich metallic black, each feather ending in 
a light, steel-gray band, edged with black: shanks and toes, deep salmon. 
COLOR OF FEMALE. 
Plumage: Similar to that of male, except back shall be metallic 
black, each feather ending in a broad band of light steel-gray approaching 
white; the color of the other sections being not so distinct as in the male, 
and the feathers terminating in an edging of lighter gray, approaching 
white. 
