Silver-quail

Color and pattern male

Head: glossy black, very narrow laced silver-white.

Neck: large feathers of the hackle entirely velvet-black, sheen increases towards the back; smaller feathers, higher in the hackle towards the throat, velvet-black with a silver-white shaft and a very narrow silver-white lace.

Back and shoulders: each feather has a glossy green-black triangular center with silver-white barbs; back-feathers with silver-white shaft; back-feathers broad under the hackle, become narrower on the back and longer on the lower back.

Saddle-hackle: each feather black with silver-white barbs and shaft.

Tail: main-feathers black; sickles and coverts glossy green-black, lesser-coverts with silver-white lacing.

Wings: front black with a narrow silver-white lacing; wing-bows silver-white, greater-coverts silver-white with a glossy black spangle at the tip of the feather, forming a black wing-bar.

Primariy-flights: black.

Secondary-flights: inner-web black; outer-web mostly silver-white, tip of the feather black, when the wing is closed a wing-bay is formed.

Breast and front of neck: silver-white.

Belly: slightly darker than the breast.

Fluff: greyish.

Down: grey.

Serious faults

Too broad and shafting on the neck-hackle.. Black pattern on the breast. Yellow tinge in the silver-white feather-areas. Lack of pattern on the secondary-flights.

Faults

Serious faults to a lesser degree. Vague blurry or lack of pattern at the base of the shoulder-feathers.

Color and pattern female

Head: black, very narrow laced with silver-white.

Neck: hackle feathers velvety-black with a narrow silver-white lacing that widens slightly towards the throat; the lower part of the hackle is almost entirely black, front of the neck similar to the breast.

Back, shoulders and saddle: very dark brown with a velvety-black sheen, with a narrow silver-white lacing and a brilliant silver-white shaft, the lacing narrows towards the saddle.

Tail: main-feathers black; support-feathers very dark grey with silver-white lacing and shaft; coverts dark-grey with silver-white lacing and shaft.

Wings: coverts similar to the back; lacing broadens towards the wing-flights.

Primary-flights: black.

Secondary-flights: inner-web dark-grey; outer-web very dark-grey with narrow, not sharply defined, silver-white at the edge, tip of the feather black.

Breast, belly and thighs: silver-white; feathers on the sides of the breast, towards the wings and fluff, are very grey with silver-white lacing and shaft.

Fluff: light grey.

Down: grey.

Serious faults

Too broad and shafting on the neck-hackle. Black pattern on the breast. Yellow tinge in the silvery-white feather-areas. Lack of pattern on the secondary-flights. Too little, too narrow or too broad silver-white lacing on the back, saddle, tail- and wing-coverts or too broad silver-white shaft. Too much white on the wings.