The Black

Dark horn or black edged with yellow. Eyes red or yellow, red preferred. Comb, face, wattles and earlobes bright red. Legs and feet dark yellow but dark legs with the sole yellow are acceptable.

Plumage: lustrous beetle green down to the skin free of white or coloured feathering.

The Blue

Beak orange or yellow slightly marked with horn. Eyes red. Comb, face, wattles and earlobes bright red. Legs and feet bright yellow.

Plumage of the Male: hackles, back and tail even shade of rich dark blue, free from rusty, sandy or straw or bronze markings, remainder rich clear blue free from lacing.

Plumage of the Female: one even shade of blue free from lacing. “Pigeon blue” proffered.

The Buff

Beak rich yellow, eyes red. Comb, face, wattles and earlobes bright red. Legs and feet bright yellow.

Plumage: rich golden buff in the male and rich sound buff in the female, of perfectly even shade throughout, quite sound to the root of the feathers and free from black white or bronze feathers.

The Cuckoo

Beak orange yellow or yellow slightly marked with horn. Eyes red, comb face, wattles and earlobes bright red. Legs feet orange / yellow.

Plumage: light French grey, each feather evenly and distinctly barred across several times with slate grey, the markings fine and regular and the plumage free from any white or straw tinge.

The Partridge

Beak rich yellow, Eyes red or yellow, red proffered. Comb, face, wattles and earlobes bright red. Legs and feet bright yellow.

Plumage of the Male: head dark orange / red. Neck hackle bright orange or golden red, becoming lighter towards the shoulder, each feather distinctly striped down the middle with black. Black shoulder coverts and wing bow rich crimson. Foot and shank feather lustrous green black, free from grey, white or rust, primaries and secondary bay, black inner.

Plumage of the Female: head and neck hackle light gold or straw each feather distinctly striped down the middle with black. Remainder clear golden-brown finely and evenly penciled all over in concentric rings of a dark shade, glossy green black preferred on the whole to be uniform shade and marking.

The White

Beak rich yellow, Eyes red or yellow, red proffered. Eyes red, comb face, wattles and earlobes bright red. Legs and feet rich yellow.

Plumage: pure snow white, free from yellow tinge or splashes of black.

Scale of Points