Silver lavenderquail

Color and pattern male

Head: lavender ground-color, very narrow edged with silvery-white.

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

Shoulders and back: each feather has a lavender triangular center with silvery-white barbs; back-feathers with silvery-white shaft; back-feathers broad under the hackle, become narrower on the back and longer on the lower back.

Saddle: hackle lavender with broad silvery-white barbs and shaft.

Tail: lavender steering-feathers, sickles and greater-coverts, lesser-coverts lavender with silvery-white edging.

Wings: bow-featherslavender with a narrow silvery-white edging; greater-coverts silvery-white with a lavender spangle at the tip of the feather, forming a lavender wing-bar.

Primariy-flights: lavender.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane lavender; outer-vane mostly silvery-white, tip of the feather lavender, wing-triangle is formed when the wing is closed.

Breast and front of neck: overall silvery-white.

Thighs: similar to the breast.

Belly: slightly darker than the breast.

Rear-part: lavender

Down: light lavender.

Serious faults

Deviant pattern on the neck-hackle. Lavender pattern on the breast. Yellow tinge in the silvery-white feather-areas. Lack of pattern on the secondary-flights.

Faults

The above serious faults occur to a lesser extent.

Color and pattern female

Head: black, very narrow edged with silvery-white.

Neck: hackle feathers lavender with a narrow, silvery-white edging that widens slightly towards the throat; the lower edge of the hackle is almost entirely lavender.

Shoulders, back, and saddle: lavender with a narrow silvery-white edging and brilliant silvery-white shaft, the edging narrows towards the saddle.

Tail: black steering-feathers; very dark-grey coverts with silvery-white edging and shaft; dark-grey support-feathers with silvery-white edging and shaft.

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

Primary-flights: lavender.

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

Front of neck, breast, belly and thighs: silvery-white; feathers on the sides of the breast, towards the wings and rear-part, lavender with silvery-white edging and shaft.

Rear-part:light lavender.

Down: light lavender.

Serious faults

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

Faults

The above serious faults occur in minor degrees.

 

 

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