Variations in color markings in the several varieties of Oriental Frills.
SATINETTES
Blue Laced: Beak, pale flesh; eye, very
dark brown; head, neck and body underparts, white; shoulder, wing coverts,
ground white, each feather edged all round with a fine purple edging. This
edging may be laced, arrow pointed or ticked, preference to be given in
the order named, and heavy, medium, or fine, but in either case, the edging
must be distinct, even, regular and well defined; flights, white, 10 x
10, not less than 5. Tail, dark purple blue downward from a line across
rump, having a dark blue band at lower extremity, upon which should be
on each and every feather a clear round white spot, "moon", or band clearly
defined; shaft of feathers dark.
Brunettes: Same as blue laced, only differing
in shade of color, the edging of each feather in shoulders being dark red
brown, marked as in blue laced, ground color white.
Sulphurettes: Same as above except that
the ground color on shoulders, wing coverts, and tail should be pale sulphur
to white, and every feather edged with sulphur of a darker shade. Tail,
pale to dark sulphur, marked as in blue laced Satinette.
Bluettes: Same as above except that shoulders
and wing coverts should be clear solid blue with two clear cut white bars,
edged at lower extremity with black. Tail blue, marked as in blue laced
Satinette.
Silverettes: Same as bluettes except that
shoulder and wing coverts should be pale solid silver gray, edged at lower
extremity with darker shade. Two clear cut white bars, edged in brown at
lower extremity. Tail gray, marked as in blue laced Satinettes.
Black, dun, red, and yellow laced: Same
as blue laced, except that every feather in shoulders, wing coverts, and
tail should be edged. The shafts of tail feathers to be colored.
VIZORS: Same as the Satinettes except
that the head should be solid color. Clear cut to well defined line running
across the neck from bottom of gullet to back of crest.
DOMINOES: Beak black or as dark as possible.
Eye red; cere according to color, as in Blondinettes; body markings, white
neck, body and thighs, and flights 10 x 10, not less than 5; colored head
marked as in Vizors. Shoulders, wing coverts and tail solid colored from
a line across the rump. Legs and feet, bright red and free from feathers.
Colors black, blue, silver and dun with or without bars and checkers of
same shade.
BLONDINETTES: These are completely colored
(except the black, red, dun and yellow laced) except on the shoulders and
wing coverts, upon which every feather should be edged (either laced, arrow
pointed or ticked, preference to be given in the order named), on a white
ground color, and the tail also marked as in blue laced Satinette. The
primary flights should be marked with an oblong white spot at the extremity
of each feather.
Blue laced: Beak black; eye red; cere
damson, if possible, body and tail color a clear bright blue, lacing purple
on a white ground. Spot tail.
Silver laced: Beak, horn color; eye, yellow
gravel; cere, flesh color, otherwise similar to blue laced except that
the body and tail color should be silver gray and lacing a deeper shade
of same color. Neck hackle must not show any yellow, sulphur or any alien
color. Spot tail.
Red laced: Beak horn color; eye red; cere
flesh color. Body and tail color and lacing a deep rich bright red. Spot
or laced tail, former preferred.
Yellow laced: Beak horn color; eye yellow
gravel; cere flesh color. Body, tail, color and lacing a rich soft yellow.
Spot or laced, former preferred.
Brown laced: Beak horn color; eye red;
cere flesh color; body and tail color and lacing acorn brown. Spot tail.
Sulphur laced: Beak horn color; eye yellow
gravel; cere flesh color; body and tail color French gray with dark sulphur
lacing light ground, proportionately suffused with pale sulphur according
to width of lacing, the neck and head suffused as much as possible with
a bright golden sulphur. Spot tail.
BODY MARKINGS: White body, tail, primary
flights, gullet, leg and foot feathers; colored shoulder and wing coverts.
Flights 10 x 10, not less than 5.
HEAD MARKINGS: Three equal sized spots,
that on the frontal commencing at the wattle and covering the forehead,
well rounded at the top, the cheek spots extending from the base of the
lower mandible and covering the cheeks under the eye, oval in shape. A
distinct white line running from beak to eye, dividing the frontal and
cheek spots is preferred; but if spots regular in size, the white is not
essential.
COLOR: Black, dun, yellow, red, blue with
black bars, silver with bars as dark as possible and their various checkers.
All the self colors of the very deepest luster.
ORIENTAL TURBITS SCALE OF POINTS
HEAD (24 pts.): Large, massive (circular),
having no peak forming a bold and regular arch from front and side view,
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
across the eyes.
BEAK (14 pts.): Short, thick upper mandible
well curved downward, forming continuation of curve of the 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
backward it would run into the center of the eye; color flesh.
BEAK WATTLE (14 pts.): Fine in texture,
small, neat and heart shaped.
EYE & EYE COLOR (4 pts.): Eye large,
bold, set exactly in center of the side of the head, color bull or claret.
Eye cere, fine and neat in texture, flesh color.
GULLET (2 pts.): Well developed, commencing
near tip of lower mandible, and terminating in rosette or frill.
NECK (5 pts.): Short, rather thick, boldly
tapering from shoulder to junction with head, full under jowl. Frill as
ample and well developed as possible.
LEGS & FEET (4 pts.): Legs short and
free from feathering below hocks, brilliant red in color.
BODY & SHAPE (7 pts.): Size, medium,
compact and alert, chest and breast broad, prominent and muscular, rather
short than otherwise.
CARRIAGE (6 pts.): Bold and erect.
COLOR (7 pts.): Black, blue, silver, red,
yellow, checker, and cream.
MARKINGS (21 pts.): Shoulders and wing
coverts, tail, from line across rump colored with their respective colors
in black and duns, red, yellows, deep and rich; all else should be white.
Flights short and carried compactly, 10 x 10, not less than 5.
COLOR CLASSES:
Satinettes - Black, dun, blue, brunette,
silverette, bluette, red laced tail, red spot tail, yellow laced tail,
yellow spot tail.
Blondinettes - Black dun, red, yellow,
blue laced, silver laced, blue barred, silver barred, khaki laced tail,
khaki white barred, brown white barred.
PROMINENT FAULTS: Twisted beak Break in
head-beak curve Stained beak Flat head Shell peak Twisted peak Low peak
Split eye Lack of gullet No frill White in frill or white in rump (in Blondinettes)
Bare toes Fish tail Twisted tail feathers Twisted flight feathers Roached
wings or sideboards Crooked keel Bishoped wings