Silver multiple laced black-partridge

Color and pattern male

Head: silver-white.

Neck: hackle silver-white, 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 glossy green-black.

Back, shoulders and wing-bows: silver-white.

Tail: main-feathers black; sickles and coverts glossy green-black, smaller-coverts silver-white laced.

Wings: front black; greater-coverts glossy green-black forming a wing-bar when the wing is closed.

Primary-flights: black with a silver-white lace along the outer-web.

Secondary-flights: black with a silver-white lace along the outer-web, so that a white wing-bay is formed; feather-end black.

Saddle-hackle: similar to the neck-hackle.

Breast: glossy green-black; some white allowed.

Thighs, belly and fluff: black, some white allowed in thighs.

Down: greyish.

Serious faults

Much white in breast. White in sickles and tail. Yellow tint in the ornamental feathers. Insufficient middle-stripes.

Faults

Serious faults to a lesser degree. Incomplete white wing-bay.

Color and pattern female

Head: steel-grey.

Neck: hackle steel-grey, each feather with a broad glossy green-black middle-stripe, running almost parallel to the feather-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 steel-grey sharpley black multiple laced, parallel to each other and to the outline.

Tail: main-feathers black, both upper feathers black with steel-grey; coverts similar to the back.

Primary-flights: black with a steel-grey lace to the outer-web.

Secondary-flights: inner-web black, outer-web steel-grey with black lacing stripes running approximately parallel to the feather outline.

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

Belly and lower thighs: soft-grey with black multiple lacing.

Fluff: soft-grey.

Downs: greyish.

Serious faults

Too weak or incorrect pattern on the breast, wing-coverts and back. Too rusty or too grey-brown ground colour. Too weak or incorrect laced. Peppered pattern instead of clear pattern.