Oriental Turbits

 

Head — Large, powerful and massive, forming a bold and regular arch from front and side views, well filled in between eye and beak, and showing no flatness anywhere, as wide as possible, the width of the gape being the same as the width between the eyes. Shape of head shall be the same as Satinettes and Blondinettes except there shall be no crest or mane. (24)

 

Beak — Short, thick, upper mandible well curved downwards, forming continuation of curve of skull. Lower mandible stout, meeting and fitting well into the upper. The top line of the under mandible must be straight and so set that if this line were continued backwards it would run into the center of the eye; color flesh.  (14)

 

Beak Wattle — Fine in texture, small, neat and heart shaped  (6)

Eye and Eye Cere — Eye large, bold, set exactly in center of the side of head, color bull or claret. Eye cere, fine and neat in texture, flesh color  (4)

 

Gullet — Well developed commencing near tip of lower mandible and terminating in rosette or frill  (2)

 

Neck — Short, rather thick, bold tapering from the shoulder to junction with head, full under jowl. Frill as ample and well developed as possible (5)

 

Legs and Feet — Legs short, free from feathering below the hocks, brilliant red in color.  (4)

 

Body and Shape — Size, medium, com­pact and alert, chest and breast broad, prominent and muscular, rather short than otherwise. (7)

 

Carriage — Bold and alert.  (6)

 

Color — Black, blue, silver, red. Yellow, dun, chequer, mealy and cream.   (7)

 

Markings — Shoulders and wing coverts colored with one of the basic colors. Tail, from a line across rump, colored with their respective colors in blacks, duns, reds and yellows, deep and rich; blues, silvers, mealies and creams with colored tails as follows:

 

Blue — Blue with black bar.

Silver — Silver with dark dun or brown bar.

Mealy — Smooth ash red with no bar.

Cream — Smooth ash yellow with no bar.

 

All other portions of bird should be white. Flights short and carried compactly, 10 x 10, not less than 5 flights in each wing    (21)

 

Total Points   (100)

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