Grey-silver
Color and pattern male
Head: silvery-white.
Neck- and saddle-hackle: silvery white with a glossy black shaft-stripe.
Back, shoulders and wing-arch: silvery-white.
Tail: main-feathers, sickles and by-sickles black.
Wings: bow and wing-bar black, wing-flights greyish black with a narrow greyish-white lacing on the outer vane.
Breast: black with silvery-white lacing around each feather, extending as low as possible, feather-shaft whitish.
Thighs, flanks, belly and rear-part: very dark gray with silver lacing
Down: grey, turning white to the skin.
Serious faults
Insufficient shaft striping on the neck- and saddle-hackle. Insufficient lacing on the breast feathers.
Faults
Slight deviation from the standard color and pattern. Insufficient sheen in the black.
Color and pattern female
Head: silvery-white with some black pattern.
Neck-Hackle: silvery-white with a broad black shaft stripe.
Shoulders and back: greyish black, each feather with a white shaft and a fine silvery-white lacing.
Tail: black, coverts slightly patterned.
Wings: wing-bow, wing-coverts and wing-bar are identical to the back; primary - and secondary-flights are grayish-black
Breast: light greyish-black with white shafts and a silvery-white lacing on each feather.
Thighs, flanks, belly and rear-part: light greyish-black with white shafts and a silvery-white lacing on each feather.
Down: grey, turning white to the skin.
Serious faults
Insufficient shaft striping on the neck-hackle. Insufficient lacing on the breast feathers.
Faults
Too black on the back and shoulders. Slight deviation from the standard color and pattern. Insufficient sheen in the black.
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