Silver tranverse-pencilled

Color and pattern male

Head:silvery-white.

Neck: hackle silvery-white; front of neck similar to the breast.

Back, shoulders, wing-bows and saddle-hackle: silvery-white.

Wing-bars: silvery-white, each feather with metallic glossy green-black tranverse pencilling, 3-4 times wider then those of silvery-white.

Wing-flights: silvery-white with strong transverse black pencilling, which become narrower towards the feather-tips.

Tail: main-feathers silvery-white; sickles glossy green-black with a faint silvery-white pencilling at the base, gradually diminishing towards the tip.

Breast, thighs and belly: silvery-white, each feather with metallic glossy green-black tranverse pencilling, noticeably wider towards the fluff, feather-tip as dark as possible.

Fluff: silvery-white, black transverse pencilled.

Down: greyish-black to black.

Note

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

Serious faults

Extensive penciling in the hackles. Shoulders and wing-bows that are not white enough. Weak pencilling throughout the plumage. Transverse pencilling on the upper-breast to throat not rising high enough. Weak pencilling in the wing-flights. Horseshoe penciling. Complete insufficient black sheen. Yellow tint in the hackles.

Faults

Serious faults to a lesser degree.

Color and pattern female

Head: silvery-white.

Neck: hackle silvery-white; front of neck similar to the breast.

Back, shoulders, saddle, wing-coverts: silvery-white, each feather with metallic glossy green-black tranverse pencilling, feather-tip as dark as possible.

Wing-flights: silvery-white with strong transverse black pencilling, gradually diminishing in strength towards the tips.

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

Breast, thighs and belly: silvery-white, each feather with metallic glossy green-black tranverse pencilling, noticeably wider towards the fluff, feather-tip as dark as possible.

Fluff: silvery-white, black transverse pencilled.

Down: greyish-black to black.

Serious faults

Extensive pencilling on the lower neck-hackle. Weak pencilling throughout the plumage. Insufficient pencilling on the upper breast. Weak pencilling in the wing-flights. Far too few black pencilling in the steering-feathers.