Laced silver-partridge

Color and pattern male

Head: silvery-white.

Neck: hackle silvery-white, each feather with a glossy black shaft-stripe running almost parallel to the outline, ends in a point near the tip; front of the neck similar to the breast.

Back and saddle: back silvery-white; hackle silvery-white, each feather with a green-glossy black shaft-stripe running almost parallel to the outline, causing each feather to appear laced with silvery-white; a slightly deeper shade than in the neck-hackle is permitted, as much uniformity as possible is desirable.

Tail: steering-feathers black; sickles, by-sickles and coverts green-glossy black, coverts laced with white.

Wings: bow silvery-whitek, shoulder-arch silvery-white, wing-bar green-glossy black.

Primary-flights: black with white lace along the feather-outline of the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: black with white lace along the feather-outline of the outer-vane, forming a white wing-triangle when the wing is closed.

Breast: glossy black, the majority of the feathers must have a white tip or lacing that extends no further than halfway.

Flanks and thighs: black, feathers mostly with a white tip or lacing that extends no further than halfway.

Belly and rear-part: black.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

Yellow tint in neck- and saddle-hackle. Shaft-stripe pattern too faint. White in tail. Rust-brown or red on the shoulders. Entirely black breast.

Faults

The above serious faults occur to a lesser extent. Wing-triangle incomplete colored.

Color and pattern female

Explanation: Laced partridge differs in females from the so-called "Asiatic" lacing because the ground-color is abundantly present. Consequently, in the otherwise clearly patterned feathers, the dull black irregularly serrated-pattern between the laces is very narrow. Furthermore, all feathers have a bright silvery-white not too narrow outer-lace without any black. The outer-lace is clearly present on all feathers, in older females the lace is dull.

Head: silvery-grey

Neck: hackle silvery-grey, each feather with a black shaft-stripe containing some silvery-grey pattern, running parallel to the feather-outline, it ends in a point close to the tip; front of the neck similar to the breast.

Back and saddle: silvery-grey ground-color, richley present; parallel to the feather-outline runs a dull-black to greyish tempered narrow serrated-pattern, showing more serration towards the shoulders; the silvery-grey outer-lace is entirely free of black and possesses a strong sheen; the ground-color should not be too abundant as long as the feathers are clearly patterned; back- and saddle feathers do not need to have the serrated-pattern, a even peppering within the distinct outer-lace is also permitted, though serration is preferred.

Tail: steering-feathers black, the upper ones black with silvery-grey pattern; coverts silvery-grey with serrated-pattern, parallel to each other and the feather-outline.

Wings: coverts silvery-white, the serrated-pattern running parallel to each other and the feather-outline.

Primary-flights: dull black with silvery-white lace on the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: feathers inner-vane black, outer-vane silvery-white with dull-black serrated-pattern running approximately parallel to the feather-outline.

Breast: silvery-grey, each feather with two or more distinct laces of silvery-grey, separated by a very narrow dull black to greyish tempered serrated-pattern, parallel to each other and the feather-outline; the ground-color may break through the dull black serrated-pattern, as long as the pattern remains distinct; the silvery-grey outer-lace is entirely free of black and possesses a strong sheen, in older females the lace is dull.

Flanks, belly and rear-part: less sharply pattern that transitions towards the rear into solid silvery-grey.

Thighs: less sharply patterned than the breast.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

Yellowish tint in the neck-hackle. Excessive ground-color in the shaft-stripe pattern. White in tail and lacing. Light-coloured veins. Serrated pattern too broad and too straight where required. Lack of or too indistinctly patterned outer-lace. Very irregular pattern. Rust on back and wings. Ground-color too red or straw-yellow. Red or salmon color on breast.

Faults

The above serious faults present to a lesser extent. Some ground-color in the shaft-stripe pattern. Too broad and light vein on the breast. Clumped peppering on back, saddle, and secondary-flights.