Blue lemon-partridge

Color and pattern male

Head: Orange.

Neck: hackle from top to bottom changing from light-orange to light golden-yellow; each feather with a bright-blue middle-stripe, runs parallel to the outline, ends in a point near the tip, no high demands on the sharpness and the intensity; front of the neck bright-blue.

Back, shoulders and wing-bows: warm-orange to warm light-orange.

Saddle-hackle: from light-orange to golden-yellow; each feather with a more or less distinct blue middle-stripe, absence is not considered a fault; a slightly deeper tint than in the neck-hackle is allowed.

Tail: bright-blue.

Wings: front and wing-bar bright-blue.

Primary-flights: bright-blue with a narrow light-brown edge on outer-web.

Secondary-flights: inner-web bright-blue, outer-web cream shading off to light-brown towards the tip, forming a almost entire cream wing-bay with a visible light-brown edge on the upper-side when the wing is closed.

Breast, thighs belly and fluff: bright-blue.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

Too light or too dark neck-hackle. White in tail and wing-flights. Much brown in breast, thighs and belly. Rusty blue. Much too dark blue.

Faults

Minor deviations in color and pattern. Ground-color too light or too dark. Slightly uneven blue color. White wing-bay.

Color and pattern female

Head: yellow.

Neck: hackle brownish-yellow transitioning gradually to light brownish-yellow from top to bottom, each feather with a bright-blue middle-stripe, runs parallel to the outline, ends in a point near the tip, no high demands on the sharpness and the intensity; front of the neck similar to the breast.

Back, shoulders, wing-coverts and saddle: each feather greyish-yellow to greyish-light-yellow with fine evenly distributed blue peppering; slightly light lacing allowed but not desired.

Primary-flights: bright-blue with a narrow greyish-yellow edge on outer-web.

Secondary-flights: outer-web similar to the back; inner-web blue-grey.

Tail: bright-blue main-feathers except for the upper ones, which like the coverts are greyish-yellow with fine bright-blue peppering.

Breast: salmon light-orange shading off to yellowish-grey at the thighs, shafts salmon light-orange.

Belly, thighs and fluff: yellowish-grey.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

Absence of greyish-yellow color on back, shoulders and wing-coverts causing it to appear too blue. Rust on back, shoulders and wing-coverts. Too pale breast-color. Absence of middle-stripes. Light shafts. Too coarse or clumped peppering. Much too dark blue.

Faults

Minor deviations in color and pattern. Too light or too dark color. Slightly uneven blue color. Slightly clumped peppering. Light shafts on the breast.