Multiple laced lemon-partridge

Color and pattern male

Head:

Head: orange-red.

Neck: hackle golden yellow, each feather with a green-glossy black shaft-stripe, running almost parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip; vein black; front of the neck similar to rhe breast.

Back and shoulders: warm orange.

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

Tail: steering-feathers black, sickles, by-sickles and coverts green-glossy black, smaller-coverts orangey golden-yellow laced.

Wings: bow black; wing-arch warm orange, greater-coverts green-glossy black forming a wing-bar when the wing is closed. 

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

Secondary-flights: black with a orange lace along the outer-vane, forming a orange wing-triangle when the wing is closed, feather-end green-glossy black.

Breast: glossy black, majority of the feathers must have an orange tip or lacingg that extends no further than halfway along the featherB

Flanks and thighs: black, mostly with a yellow tip or edging that extends no further than halfway along the feather edge.

Belly and rear-part: black,

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

White in tail and wing-flights. Too dark in neck- and saddle-hackle. Entirely black breast.

Faults

Serious faults to a lesser degree. Shaft- stripes too faint. Too light and incomplete colored wing-triangle. 

Color and pattern female

Head: yellow.

Neckhackle yellow, each feather with a broad green-glossy black shaft-stripe, running parallel to the edge, ends in a point near the tip; vein black; front of the neck similar to the breast.

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

Tail: steering-feathers black, both upper feathers black with greyish-yellow pattern; coverts similar to the back.

Primary-flights: black with a greyish-yellow narrow lace on the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane black, outer-vane brown with black 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 with black multiple lacing.

Rear-part: soft greyish-yellow.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

Too weak or incorrect pattern on the back, shoulders, saddle-cushion and wing-coverts. Rust color on wings. Peppered pattern instead of clear lacing.

Faults

Serious faults to a lesser degree. 

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