White goldquail

Color and pattern male

Head: glossy, bright creamy-white ground-color, very narrowly edged with gold.

Neck: large feathers of the hackle are entirely bright creamy-white; smaller feathers, higher in the hackle towards the throat, bright creamy-white with a very narrow gold edge and a gold shaft.

Shoulders and back: each feather has a bright creamy-white triangular center with warm gold-brown barbs; back feathers also have a bright gold shaft; back-feathers broad under the hackle, become narrower towards the back and longer towards the lower back

Saddle-hackle: bright creamy-white with gold veining and broad gold-brown barbs.

Tail: steering-feathers, sickles, greater coverts bright creamy-white'; lesser coverts bright creamy-white with gold-brown edge.

Wings: bow-feathers bright creamy-white with a narrow dark-brown edge; greater golden brown with a, glossy bright creamy- white, spangle at the tip, forming a white wingbar.

Primary-flights: bright creamy-white.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane bright creamy-white; outer-vane mostly cinnamon-brown, tip of the feather bright creamy-white, when the wing is closed, a wing-triangle is formed.

Breast and front of neck: overall brilliant gold-yellow (nanking-yellow), each feather has a slightly lighter edge and shaft.

Belly: slightly darker than the breast.

Rear-part: light-brown interspersed with creamy-white.

Thighs: similar to the breast; the large feathers covering the sides of the rear-part are very dark gold-yellow brown with gold-yellow edging and light gold-yellow shaft.

Down: creamy-white.

Serious faults:

Deviant pattern on the neck-hackle. Reddish, too pale, or brownish breast. Too red in the gold-brown feathers. Creamy-white pattern on the breast. Lack of pattern in the secondary-flights.

Faults:

The above serious faults occur to a lesser extent. Vague blurry or lack of pattern at the base of the shoulder feathers.

Color and pattern female

Head: bright creamy white, very narrow edged with gold.

Neck: hackle bright creamy-white with a narrow gold-brown edging that widens slightly towards the throat; the lower edge of the hackle is almost bright creamy-white.

Shoulders, back, and saddle: bright creamy-white with a narrow dark-brown edging and brilliant gold-yellow shaft; the edging narrows towards the saddle.

Tail: steering- feathers bright creamy white; coverts bright creamy- white with gold-brown edging and gold shaft; support feathers creamy-white with a gold-brown edging and a gold shaft.

Wings: coverts similar to the back; the edging widens towards the wing-flights.

Primary-flights bright creamy-white.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane bright creamy white; outer- vane very bright creamy-white with a narrow, not sharply defined brown at the edge, tip of the feather is bright creamy-white.

Front of the neck, breast, belly and thighs: golden yellow (nanking-yellow); the feathers on the sides of the breast, towards the wings and rear-part, are very dark-brown with golden-yellow edging and gold-yellow shaft.

Rear-part: light brown interspersed with creamy-white

Down: creamy white

Serious faults

Deviant pattern on the neck-hackle.. Reddish, too pale, or brownish breast. Too red in the gold-brown feathers. Cream-white pattern on the breast. Lack of pattern in the primary-flights. Too little, too narrow, or too broad dark-brownside-edging on the back, saddle, tail and wing- coverts, or too broad gold-yellow shaft. Too much creamy-white in the feather-area on the wings.

Faults

The above serious faults occur in minor degrees.

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