Multiple laced blue-partridge

Color and pattern male

Head: orange-red.

Neck: hackle warm orangey golden-yellow, each feather with a bright-blue shaft-stripe, running almost parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip; vein bright-blue; front of the neck bright-blue.

Back and shoulders: carmine-red.

Saddle-hackle: warm orangey golden-yellow, feathers similar to the neck-hackle, a slightly deeper shade is permitted, equality is desired.-blue.

Tail: steering-feathers, sickles, by-sickles and coverts bright-blue, smaller-coverts warm orangey golden-yellow laced.

Wings: bow black; wing-arch carmine-red, greater-coverts bright-blue forming a wing-bar when the wing is closed.

Primary-flights: black with a deep red-brown narrow lace along the outside of the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: bright-blue with a deep red-brown lace along the outer-vane, forming a red-brown wing-triangle when the wing is closed, the feather-end bright-blue.

Breast: bright-blue, some brown lacing permitted.

Belly, thighs and rear-part: bright-blue, some brown lacing permitted in thighs.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

White in tail and wing-flights. Considerably too reddish-brown or greyish-yellow ground-color. Too dark in neck- and saddle-hackle or too faint shaft-stripe pattern. Much too dark or much too pale shade of blue. Complete or partly black feathers. Very uneven ground colour.

Faults

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

Color and pattern female

Head: deep yellow-brownish orange.

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

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

Tail: steering-feathers bright-blue, both upper feathers bright-blue with warm grey-brown marking; coverts similar to the back.

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

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

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

Belly and thighs: soft greyish yellow-brown with bright-blue multiple lacing.

Rear-part: soft grey-brown.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

Too weak or incorrect lacing on the back, shoulders, saddle-cushion, breast and wing-coverts. Rust color on wings. Peppered pattern instead of clear lacing. Much too dark or much too pale shade of blue. Complete or partly black feathers. Very uneven ground color.