Lemon multiple laced black-partridge
Color and pattern male
Head:
Head: warm-orange.
Neck: hackle light-orange to gold-yellow, each feather with a glossy green-black middle-stripe, running almost parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip; shaft black; front of the neck similar to the breast.
Back, shoulders and wing-bows: warm-orange.
Wings: front black; greater-coverts glossy green-black forming a wing-bar when the wing is closed.
Primary-flights: black with a light-brown narrow lace along the outer-web.
Secondary-flights: black with a cream to light-brown lace along the outer-web, forming a cream to light-brown wing-bay when the wing is closed, feather-end black.
Saddle-hackle: similar to the neck-hackle, a slightly deeper shade is allowed, equality is desired.
Tail: main-feathers, sickles, and coverts glossy green-black, smaller-coverts gold-yellow laced.
Breast: glossy green-black, some yellow-brown allowed.
Flanks and thighs: black, some yellow-brown allowed.
Belly and fluff: black.
Down: greyish.
Serious faults
White in tail and wing-flights. Too dark in hackles. Entire black breast.
Faults
Serious faults to a lesser degree. middle-stripes too vague. Too light and incomplete colored wing-bay.
Color and pattern female
Head: yellow.
Neck: hackle yellow, each feather with a broad glossy green-black middle-stripe, running parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip; shaft black; front of the neck similar to the breast.
Back, shoulders, saddle and wing-coverts: each feather greyish-yellow sharpley black multiple laced, parallel to each other and to the outline.
Tail: main-feathers black, both upper feathers black with greyish-yellow; coverts similar to the back.
Primary-flights: black with a greyish-yellow narrow lace on the outer-web.
Secondary-flights: inner-web black, outer-web brown with black 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 black multiple lacing.
Fluff: soft greyish-yellow.
Down: greyish.
Serious faults
Too weak or incorrect pattern on the back, shoulders, saddle and wing-coverts. Rust color on wings. Peppered pattern instead of clear lacing.
Faults
Serious faults to a lesser degree.
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