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Head (6 pts.): Arched from back of the beak, forming a smooth profile. Width equally proportioned. Should be bold in appearance. 

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Eye and Cere (2 pts.): Eye alert and clear. Bull in white, red or red-orange in colored birds. Any color in pied or AOC, except split, cracked or one of each color not permissible. Eye cere fine and smooth, following the contour of eye. Dark color in black, blue and checked. Light shade in other colors, but flesh in white.

Neck and Gullet (2 pts.): Neck short, rather thick at shoulder tapering to back of head forming a smooth profile. Gullet well developed, commencing at the tip of the lower mandible and terminating at the top of breast frill.

Beak (2 pts.): Dainty, yet large enough to distinguish it from the African Owl. Color for blacks, blues and blue checks - black: For silvers, silver duns, duns and silver checks - light horn color: For reds, yellows and whites - flesh color.

Beak Setting (2 pts.): The beak should be set at a 120 degree angle with the forepart of the head and large enough to feed their young.

Wattle (2 pts.): Fine in texture, neat and heart shaped.

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Neck Frill (17 pts.): A smooth and even collar of reversed feathers fitting loosely in relation to the neck, breaking behind the head in a vertical line leaving no less than 1 /4 inch gap on the back of the head. Should be as high as the lower part of the eye cere.

Breast Frill (17 pts.): A profuse display of reversed feathers completely covering the breast, directing feathers up to the neck frill and down towards the pantaloons. Breast frill should cover forepart of wing down to pantaloons, including the wing butts. Should be evenly proportioned on both sides.

Pantaloons (17 pts.): Two large distinct puffs of fine feathers protruding from the lower breast in front of the legs.

Carriage (10 pts.): Bold alert and upright, the eye is perpendicular on a line above the ball of the foot, the breast thrown out prominently; balance in length, height and width, with all these qualities giving the bird grace in composition, movement, and expression. Cocks should measure about 10 inches from beak to tip of tail, eight inches from the floor to crown of the head. Cocks should weight 10 ounces. Hens should weigh 8 ounces.

Flights and Tail (8 pts.): Wing feathers should be smooth and the flights should be tight, resting on the tail, with tips nearly meeting. Secondary feathers are to be smooth over the back. The tail should be fairly narrow and carried just clear of the floor. More or less than twelve feathers, even though they have the two outside feathers, shall be penalized points.

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Legs and Feet (5 pts.): Legs short, but long enough to give grace to the carriage. Be free of feathers below the hock. Feet should be rather small and neat. Toes well spread apart. The color bright red.

Color (10 pts.): All colors should be sound, clear and even, including rump, thigh and belly.

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