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Tail.—Black, sickle feathers and tail coverts a lustrous black. 
Thighs.—Black. 
Shanks and Feet.—Rich yellow or orange. 
THE FEMALE COLOUR. 
Beak.—Horn colour, or yellow striped with horn. Clear yellow 
preferred. 
Head.—Black, or black laced with chestnut red. 
Hyes.— Daw. , 
Comb.—Wattles and ear-lobes, bright red. 
Neck.—Hackle glossy black with a bay shaft to each feather. 
Back.—Ground colour, bay, each feather laced with two or more 
narrow lacings of lustrous black, the lacings following the contour 
of the web of the feather. 
Breast.—Gyround colour bay, each feather with two or more 
narrow lacings of lustrous black, the lacings following the contour 
of the web of the feather. 
Body and Stern.—Body, ground colour bay, each feather laced 
with two or more narrow lacings of lustrous black, the lacings 
following the contour of the web of the feather. Stern, black, or 
black tinged with bay. 
Wings.—Bow and coverts bay, each feather laced with one or 
more narrow lacings of lustrous black, the lacings following the 
contour of the web of the feathers. Primaries black, except a 
narrow edge of irregularly pencilled bay upon the outer part of the 
lower web. Secondaries, upper web black, lower web black next to 
shaft of feather, with a broad margin of irregularly pencilled bay. 
Tail_—Main feathers black, except the two upper or deck 
feathers, which should be irregularly pencilled. The main feathers 
may also be irregularly pencilled. Coverts, bay, laced with two or 
more narrow lacings of lustrous black, the lacings following the 
contour of the web of the feathers. 
Thighs.—Black, more or less laced, but solid black not to be 
considered a serious defect. 
Shanks and Feet.—Rich yellow or orange. 
In comparing the two standards one is bound to congratulate 
the Americans on theirs, as it is by far the best, especially as re- 
gards the colour of both sexes. The American standard of the wing 
of the cock bird is good, very minute, and more correct than ours, 
particularly the wing-bow, because no one ever saw a good Indian 
