Gold white transverse-pencilled

Color and pattern male

Head: warm golden-buff.

Neck: hackle warm golden-buff; front of neck similar to the breast.

Back, shoulders, wing-bows and saddle-hackle: warm golden-buff.

Wing-bars: warm golden-buff, each feather with strong white tranverse pencilling, 3-4 times wider then those of golden-buff.

Wing-flights: warm golden-buff with strong white transverse pencilling, which become narrower towards the feather-tips.

Tail: main-feathers white; sickles white with a faint golden-buff pencilling at the base, gradually diminishing towards the tip.

Breast, thighs and belly: warm golden-buff , each feather with white tranverse pencilling, noticeably wider towards the fluff, feather-tip white.

Fluff: golden-buff, white tranverse penciled.

Down: greyish-white to white.

Note

Hen-feathered males correspond entirely in color and pattern females.

Serious faults

Extensive pencilling in the hackles. Shoulders and wing-bows not sufficient warm golden-buff. Weak transverse pencilling throughout the plumage. Transverse pencilling on the upper breast to throat not rising high enough. Weak pencilling in the wing-flights. Horseshoe pencilling.

Faults

Serious faults to a lesser degree.

Color and pattern female

Head: warm golden-buff.

Neck: hackle warm golden-buff; front of neck similar to the breast.

Back, shoulders, wing-coverts and saddle: warm golden-buff, each feather with white tranverse pencilling, feather-tip as dark as possible.

Wing-flights: warm golden-buff with strong transverse black pencilling, gradually diminishing in strength towards the tips.

Tail: main-feathers golden-buff become become whiter towards the tip due to the gradually widening transverse pencilling; coverts golden-buff along their entire length white tranverse pencilled.

Breast, thighs and belly: warm golden-buff, each feather with white tranverse pencilling, noticeably wider towards the fluff, feather-tip white.

Fluff: golden-buff, white transverse pencilled.

Down: greyish-white to white.

Serious faults

Too much penciling on the lower part of the hackle. Too weak transverse pencilling throughout the plumage. Insufficient pencilling on the upper-breast. Weak pencilling on the wing-flights. Insufficient white pencilling on the tail feathers. Lemon-buff color in the white plumage and the neck-hackle.