Silver black-tranverse-penciled
Color and pattern male
Head: silvery white.
Neck: hackle silvery white; front of neck down to the throat, similar to the breast.
Back and saddle-hackle: silvery white on the visible part.
Shoulders: silvery white
Wings: coverts metallic glossy green black transverse penciled on silvery white, wing-bar coarsely transverse penciling, 3 to 4 times wider then those of silvery white, forming two distinct bands across the wing.
Primary- and secondary- flights: strong black tranverse penciling, which become narrower towards the feather tips.
Tail: steering-feathers black; sickles and by- sickles are glossy green black, they should have a faint silvery white band at the base of the feather, gradually diminishing in strength towards the tip.
Breast, belly, and thighs: metallic green glossy black, transverse penciled on a silvery-white background, the black penciling becomes noticeably wider towards the bottom and rear than those of the silvery white color, tip of the feathers is as dark as possible.
Rear-part: transverse penciled.
Down: grayish-black to black.
Serious faults
Extensive penciling in the neck- and saddle-hackle. Shoulder feathers that are not white enough. Weak penciling throughout the plumage. Transverse penciling on the upper breast and front of the neck is not rising high enough. Weak penciling in the flights. Completely insufficient sheen in the penciling and sickle feathers. Yellow tint in the neck- and saddle-hackle. Horseshoe penciling.
Faults
The above serious faults occur to a lesser extent.
Color and pattern female
Head: Silvery-white.
Neck: hackle silvery white; front of neck to throat, similar to the breast.
Breast: glossy green black transverse penciled, the black penciling becomes noticeably wider towards the bottom and rear than the silvery white; the tip of the feathers is as dark as possible.
Back and saddle: glossy green black transverse penciled, penciling becomes three to four times as wide as the silvery white; the tips of the feathers are as dark as possible.
Wings: coverts and wing-bar glossy green black, transverse penciling, three to four times as wide as the silvery white.
Primary- and secondary-flights: slightly more powerfull black transverse penciling on white, penciling gradually diminishing in strength towards the tips.
Tail: steering- feathers become darker towards the tip due to the gradually widening transverse penciling on silvery white; coverts are glossy green black along their entire length tranverse penciled on silvery white.
Belly and thighs: as strongly penciled as possible, like the breast feathers.
Down: grayish-black to black.
Serious faults
Extensive penciling on the lower portion of the hackle. Weak penciling throughout the plumage. Insufficiently penciling on the upper breast. Weak penciling in the flight feathers. Far too little black penciling in the tail feathers.
Faults
The above serious faults occur to a lesser extent.
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