Buff cuckoo
Color and pattern male
Plumage: warm yellow ground-color, each feather three or four times crosswise interrupted by a light creamy-white, slightly arched, bar which is not sharply defined; in ornamental feathers the number of crosswise bars is greater in proportion to the feather's length and tends towards an inverted V, most notably in the hackles; color and pattern should be as uniform as possible over the entire body, some darker discoloration in the hackles is permissible;
Tail: brownish-grey or dark- grey with light-gray cuckoo pattern
Down: yellowish to creamy white.
Serious faults
Greyish discoloration on back, shoulders, wing-archa and saddle. White wing triangle. Whitish breast. Absence of cuckoo pattern in shaft-stripes and tail.
Faults
Minor deviations in color and pattern.
Color and pattern female
Plumage: as for the male, but the cuckoo pattern somewhat fainter; some greyish shaft-stripes with cuckoo pattern are permitted at the lower part of the neck-hackle.
Down: yellowish to creamy white.
Serious faults
Absence of cuckoo pattern. Greyish discorolation on back, shoulders, wings and saddle.
Faults
Minor deviations in color and pattern.
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