STANDARD and Scale of Points

 

HEAD and NECK:
Small, round and neat, beak fine; eyes central to roundness of head and body. Neck rather fine in keeping with the head and flowing smoothly into the body lines, and of sufficient length to give a free, jaunty look to head and carriage.

10 pts

BODY:
Well filled and nicely rounded; running in a smooth downward curve from the gentle, smooth rise over the shoulders to the point of the tail. The chest also nicely rounded, but not heavy; the line of the curve to the root of the tail always being downwards. Viewed from above and behind, the body outline should be symmetrical and smooth.

10 pts

WINGS:
Compact and carried close to the body; meeting at the tips just below the root of the tail.

10 pts

LEGS:

Of medium length, showing a little thigh.

5 pts

PLUMAGE:

Close, firm; fine in quality.

10 pts

TAIL:

Close packed and narrow; being nicely rounded and filled in at the root. 

5 pts

POSITION and CARRIAGE:

Semi-erect, standing at an angle of 60 degrees. Gay, jaunty; with full pose of head.

10 pts

COLOR:

Rich, soft and pure; as level in tint as possible throughout, but extreme depth and hardness as color feeding gives, are debarred.

10 pts

HEALTH:

Condition and cleanliness shall have due weight.

5 pts

SIZE:

Not to exceed 4 ¼ inches.

25 pts

​TOTAL:         100 pts