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Blue Bar: Wing shields, breast, and back an even shade of light blue gray. Head, neck, rump, tail and flights a darker shade of blue-gray with neck feathers showing a rich sheen of primarily green and secondarily purple. Wings to have two distinct black bars with a shield area free of any checkers. The tail terminating in a black bar and a final tip of medium blue-gray. Beak and toenails: black.

Blue Check and Blue T-Pattern Check: Same as the blue bar, except the wing shields. See (Check Pattern Notes). Beak and toenails: black.

Black (Spread Blue): A deep coal black with an iridescent beetle green sheen throughout, with a green sheen especially prevalent on the neck. Beak and toenails: Black.

Silver Bar (Dilute Blue Bar): Wing shields, breast, and back a rich even shade of light silvery-gray. Head, Neck, rump, tail and flights a darker shade of silvery-gray with the neck feathers showing rich sheen of green metallic luster. Wings to have two distinct dark dun bars with the shield area free of any checkering. The tail terminating in a dun bar with a narrow final tip of silvery-gray. Beak and toenails: Light horn color.

Silver Check and Silver T-Pattern Check (Dilute Blue Check): Same as silver bar, except the wing shields. See (Check Pattern Notes). Beak and toenails: Light horn color.

Dun Self (Spread Blue Dilute): A smooth even shade of steel gray through out, with the neck feathers showing a rich sheen of green metallic luster. The shields free of any checkering or barring. Beak and toenails: Dark horn color.

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