Gold-neck

Color and pattern male

Head: orange.

Neck-hackle: orange-gold, each feather with a green-glossy, black shaft-stripe, running parallel to the feather-edge; the shaft-stripe ends in a point near the end; vein black.

Back and shoulders: orange-gold.

Saddle-hackle: similar to the neck-hackle.

Tail, wings, front of neck and breast: completely green-glossy black.

Belly, thighs and rear-end: black.

Down: greyish-black.

Color and pattern female

Head: orange.

Neck-hackle: orange-gold, each feather with a broad green-glossy black shaft-stripe, running parallel to the feather-edge and ending in a point near the end.

Back, saddle, tail, wings, front of neck and breast: green-glossy black.

Belly, thighs and rear-end: black.

Down: greyish-black.

Serious faults in male and female

Insufficient shaft-stripe pattern and straw-yellow color in the neck- and saddle-hackle.

Faults in male and female

Minor deviations in color and pattern. Insufficient sheen in the black.

 

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