STANDARD OF PERFECTION 311 
SHAPE OF DRAKE AND DUCK. 
Head: Long, flat, finely formed. 
Bill: Strong at base, fairly broad and long, extending down from the 
skull in a straight line, giving it the appearance of a long wedge. 
Eyes: Set high in head. 
Neck: Long, thin. 
Wings: Of medium length, carried closely to body. 
Back: Long, narrow. 
Tail: Composed of hard, stiff feathers; sex feathers of drake, hard, 
well curled. 
Breast: Full, but not rounded, showing but little suggestion of keel. 
Carried well up. 
Body: Long, narrow, racy-looking, carried erectly, with no indication 
of keel, resembling the penguin in form. 
Legs and Toes: Legs, of medium length, set well apart. Toes, 
straight, connected by web. 
Carriage of Body: Very erect. 
COLOR OF DRAKE AND DUCK. 
Head: Fawn and white, the fawn in head of drake darker than in 
other parts of the body. A narrow line of white divides the cap from the 
cheek markings behind the eyes, and a line of white about one-eighth of an 
inch wide divides the base of the bill from the head markings. 
Bill: Drake, yellow, when young; greenish-yellow when fully de- 
veloped. Duck, yellow, spotted with green when young, a dull cucumber- 
green when fully matured, with black bean in both drake and duck. 
Eyes: Dark brown. 
Neck: White, from head to where breast markings begin, which 
should be about one and one-half to two inches above base of neck. 
Wings: Shoulder, and top part of wings, same as breast. Primaries 
and secondaries, white. The white of the primaries and secondaries 
should extend up the lower edge of the wings to a point a little above the 
white of the lower part of the body, forming an inverted V-shaped marking 
on each side of the body. The fawn on the shoulder, top part of wings, 
when the wings are folded, comes to a point on the lower part of the back, 
forming a heart shape, like a heart pressed flat on the back. 
Back: Even fawn throughout. 
Tail: Drake, bronze-green; duck, light fawn. 
Breast: Fawn and white, divided about half way between point of 
breast-bone and legs; upper half, fawn, lower part, white. 
Body and Fluff: White, except an indistinct line of color which runs 
from base of tail to thigh. 
Shanks and Toes : Orange red. 
