Multiple laced bluepartridge

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 saddle-hackle: back carmine-red; hackle warm orangey golden-yellow, each feather similar to the neck-hackle; a slightly deeper shade than in the neck-hackle is permitted, as much equality as possible is desired; vein bright-blue.

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

Wings: bow black; shoulder-arch carmine-red, greater-coverts bright-blue forming a transverse 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 ends 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

The above faults occur to a lesser extent. Too light and incomplete colored wing-triangle.

Color and pattern female

Head: deep yellow-brownish orange.

Neck: hackle orangey-yellow, starting approximately at the transition of head and neck, each feather with a broad bright-blue shaft-stripe (slightly laced with orange-brown), running parallel to the edge and ends in a point near the tip. Front of the neck similar to the breast.

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

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

Wing-coverts: similar to the back.

Primary-flights: bright-blue with a brown narrow 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; pattern continues to the throat.

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

Rear-part: soft grey-brown.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

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

Faults

The above faults occur to a lesser extent. 

 

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