Silver lavender-quail

Color and pattern male

Head: lavender, very narrow laced silver-white.

Neck: large feathers of the hackle entirely lavender, sheen increases towards the back; smaller feathers, higher in the hackle towards the throat, lavenderk 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 lavender with silver-white barbs and shaft.

Tail: main-feathers, sickles and coverts lavender, lesser-coverts with silver-white lacing.

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

Primariy-flights: lavender.

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

Breast, front of neck and thighs: silver-white.

Belly: slightly darker than the breast.

Fluff: lavender.

Down: light lavender.

Serious faults

Too broad and shafting on the neck-hackle. Lavender 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: lavender, very narrow laced with silver-white.

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

Back, shoulders and saddle: lavender, with a narrow silver-white lacing and a brilliant silver-white shaft, the lacing narrows towards the saddle.

Tail: main-feathers lavender; support-feathers and coverts lavender with silver-white lacing and shaft.

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

Primary-flights: lavender.

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

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

Fluff: light lavender.

Down: light lavender.

Serious faults

Too broad and shafting on the neck-hackle. Lavender 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 silvery-white shaft. Too much white on the wings.