Gold transverse-pencilled

Color and pattern male

Head: deep golden-brown.

Neck: hackle deep golden-brown; front of neck to throat similar to the breast.

Back and saddle-hackle: warm reddish-brown for the visible part.

Wings: warm reddish-brown shoulder and wing-arch; greater-coverts metallic green-glossy black transverse pencilled 3-4 times wider then those of deep golden-brown, forming a wing-bar with two bands when the wing is closed.

Primary- and secondary- flights: strong transverse black pencilled on deep golden brown, which become narrower towards the feather-tips.

Tail: steering-feathers black; sickles green-glossy black with a faint golden-brown pencilling at the base, gradually diminishing towards the tip.

Breast, belly and thighs: feathers metallic green-glossy black transverse pencilled on deep golden, the black pencilling becomes noticeably wider towards the bottom and rear, tip of the feathers as dark as possible.

Rear-part: transverse pencilled.

Down: grayish-black to black.

Serious faults

Extensive pencilling in the hackles. Shoulder and wing-arch not sufficiently warm reddish-brown. Weak transverse pencilling throughout the plumage. Transverse pencilling on the upper breast to throat not rising high enough. Weak pencilling in the wing-flights. Complete insufficient sheen in the transverse pencilling and sickles. Too light a shade in the neck- and saddle-hackle. Horseshoe pattern. Coloration that is much too light, much too dark, or complete uneven. White in tail or wing-flights.

Faults

Serious faults occur to a lesser degree.

Color and pattern female

Head: golden-brown.

Neck: hackle golden-brown; front of neck to throat similar to the breast.

Back, shoulders, saddle, wing-coverts, breast: feathers metallic green-glossy black transverse pencilled on golden-brown, the black pencilling becomes noticeably wider towards the bottom and rear, tip of the feathers as dark as possible.

Primary- and secondary-flights: slightly more powerfull black transverse pencilling on golden-brown, pencilling gradually diminishing in strength towards the tips.

Tail: steering- feathers become darker towards the tip due to the gradually widening transverse pencilling on golden-brown; coverts are green-glossy black along their entire length tranverse pencilled on golden-brown.

Belly and thighs: similar to the breast, as strongly pencilled as possible.

Down: grayish-black to black.

Serious faults

Extensive pencilling on the lower portion of the hackle. Weak transverse pencilling throughout the plumage. Insufficiently transverse pencilling on the upper breast. Weak pencilling in the wing-flights. Far too little black pencilling in the tail feathers. Color far too light, far too dark, or complete uneven. White in the flights or tail.