STANDARD OF PERFECTION 301 
COLOR OF DRAKE. 
Head: Rich, lustrous green. 
Bill: Greenish-yellow, without any other shade, except black bean 
at tip. 
Eyes: Dark brown. 
Neck: Rich, lustrous green, with a distinct white ring on the lower 
part, not quite meeting at back. 
Wings: Flights, slaty- black and brown, free from white; coverts, pale, 
clear gray; small coverts, gray, clearly penciled; pinion coverts, dark gray 
to slaty-black; bars formed by a line of white in center of small coverts 
which should be gray tipped with black, coming to a line at base of flight 
coverts which should be slaty-black above the quill, and a rich, iridescent 
blue below, tipped with white at end of lower side, making two distinct 
white bars (the pinion bar being edged with black), with a distinct blue, 
ribbon -like mark between them. 
Back: Upper part, ashy-gray, mixed with green, becoming a rich 
lustrous green on lower part of rump; shoulders, gray, finely streaked with 
wavy brown lines. 
Tail: Dark, ashy-brown, outer web in old birds edged with white; 
coverts, black, showing very rich, purple reflections; tail well supplied on 
under side with solid, beetle-green feathers. 
Breast: Very rich purplish-brown or claret, extending well down on 
breast and free from any other color. 
Body: Under part, steel-gray; sides, steel-gray, very finely penciled 
across the feathers with glossy black, growing lighter near the vent and 
ending in solid greenish-black, forming a distinct line of separation between 
the two colors. 
Legs and Toes: Thighs, ashy-gray; shanks and toes, orange, with 
brownish tinge. 
COLOR OF DUCK. 
Head : Deep brown, with two light tan stripes on each side, running 
from bill to point behind eyes. 
Bill: Brownish-orange, with dark blue blotch on upper part and 
black bean at tip. 
Eyes : Dark brown. 
Neck: Golden brown, penciled with dark lustrous brown, free from 
any appearance of a white ring. 
Wings: Flat of wing, light brown, with distinct pencilings of rich, 
greenish-brown; wing-bar, rich, brilliant purple, each end of bar banded 
with white; secondaries, dark brown, with distinct pencilings that conform 
to shape of feather. 
Back: Rich, golden brown, richly marked with wide pencilings of 
