Lemon black-spangled
Color and pattern male
Head: lemon-yellow.
Neck, back, shoulders, wing-bows and saddle-hackle: lemon-yellow, each feather ending in an elongated sharply pointed glossy green-black spangle, proportional in size to the feather.
Tail: feathers lemon-yellow with slightly elongated black spangles, feathers black mixed with lemon-yellow permitted.
Wings-bars: lemon-yellow, each feather ending in a large, almost round, glossy green-black spangle, resulting in two distinct bars across the wing.
Primary-flights: inner-web lemon-yellow with black intermingled; outer-web lemon-yellow.
Secondary-flights: inner-web black; outer-web lemon-yellow, fading to black at the feather-tip.
Breast and belly: lemon-yellow, each feather ending in a large, almost round, glossy green-black spangle.
Thighs: similar to the belly, but the feathering is predominant black below.
Fluff: dark blue-grey with brown tinge.
Down: blue-grey
Serious faults
Too dark, too light or irregular ground-color. Too red on shoulders. Spangles that are too heavy, too small, or horseshoe-shaped. Absence or near absence of spangling on the hackles.
Faults
Serious faults to a lesser extent.
Color and pattern female
Head: lemon-yellow, with black markings.
Neck: lemon-yellow, each feather ending in a elongated, glossy green-black spangle; front of the neck similar to the breast.
Back, shoulders, smaller wing-coverts, saddle, breast and belly: lemon-yellow, each feather ending in a large, almost round, glossy green-black spangle, proportional in size to the feather.
Tail: feathers lemon-yellow with black spangles, feathers black mixed with lemon-yellow permitted; smaller tail-coverts lemon-yellow with slightly elongated black spangles.
Wing-bars: lemon yellow, each feather ending in a large, almost round, glossy green-black spangle, resulting in two distinct bars across the wing.
Primary-flights: inner-web lemon-yellow interspersed with black; outer-web lemon-yellow.
Secondary-flights: inner-web black; outer-web lemon-yellow, fading to black at the feather-tip.
Thighs: similar to the brest, but the feathering below is predominant black.
FLuff: dark blue-grey with black tinge.
Down: blue-grey.
Serious faults
Too dark or uneven ground color. Spangles that are too heavy, too small or horseshoe-shaped. Lack of distinct bands across the wings.
Faults
Serious faults to a lesser extent.
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