Silver-partridge

Color and pattern male

Head: silver-white.

Neck: hackle silver-white, each feather with a black middle-stripe, no high demands on the sharpness and the intensity, to the extent ends in a point near the tip; front of the neck black.

Back, shoulders and wing-bows: silver-white.

Saddle-hackle: silver-white, each feather with a more or less distinct black middle-stripe, absence is not considered a fault.

Tail: main-feathers black; sickles and coverts glossy green-black.

Wings: front black, wing-bar glossy green-black.

Primary-flights: black with a narrow white edge on outer-web.

Secondary-flights: inner-web black, outer-web white, forming a white wing-bay when the wing is closed.

Breast: glossy green-black.

Belly, thighs and fluff: black.

Down: greyish.

Serious Faults

Yellow tint in hackles. Rusty-brown or red on the shoulders. Extensive white on the breast, belly and thighs. White on the tail.

Faults

Serious faults to a lesser extent. Incomplete white wing-bay. Complete lack of the middle-stripes.

Color and pattern female

Head: silver-white.

Neck: hackle silver-white, each feather with a black middle-stripe, no high demands on the sharpness and the intensity, ends in a point near the tip; front of the neck similar to the breast.

Back, shoulders, wing-coverts and saddle: each feather light-grey with fine evenly distributed black peppering, slightly light lacing allowed but not desired.

Primary-flights: black-grey with a narrow greyish-white edge on outer-web.

Secondary-flights: outer-web similar to the back; inner-web greyish-white.

Tail: black main-feathers except for the upper ones, which like the coverts are light-grey with fine dark-grey peppering.

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

Belly, thighs and fluff: ash-grey.

Down: greyish.

Serious Faults

Red or rust on wings. Brown sheen on back, shoulders, wing-coverts and saddle. Light shafts. Yellowish tint in the neck-hackle. Complete lack of middle-stripes.