Lemon blue multiple-laced partridge

Color and pattern male

Head: warm orange.

Neck: hackle light-orange to gold-yellow, each feather with a bright blue middle-stripe, slightly laced, running almost parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip; shaft bright-blue; front of the neck bright-blue.

Back, shoulders and wing-bows: warm orange.

Wings: front bright-blue; range, greater-coverts bright-blue forming a wing-bar when the wing is closed.

Primary-flights: bright-blue with a light-brown narrow lace on the outer-web.

Secondary-flights: bright-blue with a cream to light yellowish-brown lace on the outer-web, forming a cream to light-brown wing-bay when the wing is closed, feather-end bright-blue.

Saddle-hackle: similar to the neck-hackle, a slightly deeper shade is allowed, equality is desired.

Tail: main-feathers, sickles and coverts bright-blue, smaller-coverts gold-yellow laced.

Breast: bright-blue, with or without narrow yellow-brown lacing.

Flanks, thighs, belly and fluff: bright blue, with or without narrow yellow-brown lacing on flanks and thighs.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

White in tail and wing-flights. Considerably uneven, too red-brown or greyish-yellow ground-color. Too dark in hackles or too faint middle-stripes. Strongly deviating or uneven blue.. Complete or partly black feathers.

Faults

Serious faults to a lesser degree. Too light and incomplete colored wing-bay.

Color and pattern female

Head: yellow.

Neck: hackle yellow, each feather with a broad multiple laced bright-blue middle-stripe, slightly laced, running almost parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip; shaft bright-blue; front of the neck similar to the breast.

Back, shoulders, saddle and wing-coverts: each feather greyish-yellow sharpley bright-blue multiple laced, parallel to each other and to the outline.

Tail: main-feathers bright-blue, both upper feathers bright-blue with warm grayish-yellow; coverts similar to the back.

Primary-flights: bright-blue with a greyish-yellow lace on the outer-web.

Secondary-flights: inner-web bright-blue, outer-web brown with bright-blue multiple lacing running approximately parallel to the feather-outline.

Breast: similar to the back; lacing extend to the throat.

Flanks, thighs and belly: soft greyish yellow with bright-blue multiple lacing.

Fluff: soft greyish-yellow.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

Too weak or incorrect lacing on the back, shoulders, saddle, breast and wing-coverts. Rust color on wings. Peppered instead of clear pattern. Strongly deviating or uneven blue. Complete or partly black feathers. Very uneven ground color.