Color and pattern male

Head: white.

Neck: each feather of the hackle has a medium-wide, alternating dark- and light- grey, cuckoo-pattern shaft-stripe, surrounded by a narrow, silvery-white lace, which runs around the feather-tip; front of the neck white.

Back and saddle-hackle: upper-plumage white, between the shoulders below the neck-hackle black and white; saddle-hackle white.

Tail: steering-feathers slightly clouded alternating dark- and light- grey cuckoo-pattern; support-feathers slightly clouded alternating dark- and light- grey cuckoo pattern with white lacing; sickles and coverts slightly clouded alternating dark- and light- grey cuckoo, small-coverts with silvery-white lacing.

Wings: bow white, may be partially cloudy with alternating dark- and light-grey cuckoo pattern ; shoulder-arch and wing-bar white.

Primary-flights: slightly cloudy with alternating dark- and light- grey cuckoo pattern with a white lace on the outside of the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane slightly cloudy with alternating dark- and light-grey cuckoo pattern with a white lace that runs around the feather tip;

outer-vane white, so that when the wing is closed it is complete white.

Breast, belly, flanks and thighs: white.

Down: white.

Serious faults

Insufficient pattern in the neck-hackle. White in the sickles. Pattern in the saddle-hackle. Strong presence of black in the parts that should be white on the surface, such as the wing-coverts, breast, body and thighs. Broken shaft-stripe pattern. Strong yellow tint in the ornamental feathers.

Faults

The above serious faults occurring to a lesser extent. Insufficient pattern in the tail support-feathers and the wing-flights. The presence of entirely black or partially black feather areas instead of the cuckoo pattern.

Color and pattern female

Head: white.

Neck: hackle, starting approximately at the transition of neck and head, has a medium-broad, alternating dark- and light- grey cuckoo patterned shaft- stripe, complete surrounded by a narrow, silvery-white lace; front of the neck white.

Shoulders: white.

Back: white, between the shoulders below the neck-hackle black and white.

Tail: steering-feathers slightly cloudy alternating dark- and light-grey cuckoo-pattern, except for the upper feather on both sides, which are faintly white-laced; coverts slightly cloudy alternating dark- and light-grey cuckoo with narrow white lacing.

Wings: bow and coverts white.

Primary-flights: slightly cloudy alternating dark- and light-grey, cuckoo pattern with white lace on the outside of the outer-vane.

Secondary-flights: inner-vane slightly cloudy alternating dark- and light-grey cuckoo pattern whith a white lace that runs around the feather tip; outer-vane white, so that when the wing is closed it is complete white.

Breast, belly, thighs and rear-part: white

Down: from white to light blue-grey.

Serious faults

Insufficient pattern in the neck-hackle. Broad and faded white lace tail-coverts. Strong presence of pattern in the areas that should be white such as the wing-coverts, breast and flanks. Broken shaft-stripe pattern.

Faults

The above serious faults occurring to a lesser extent. Insufficient pattern in the tail support-feathers and wing-flights. Presence of entirely black or partially black feather areas instead of the cuckoo pattern.

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