Origin: India
Mookee
HEAD AND NECK (15 pts.):
Head: Rather flat, narrow,
and somewhat long.
Skull: Merging with the
peak to form a letter "S" when viewed profile; slender width.
Eye: Bull, placed centrally
between point of peak and wattle.
Cere: Small as possible,
fine textured and according to color of bird.
Neck: Medium length, broad
at base, tapering gradually to throat, well arched, with extreme tremulous
motion.
BEAK AND WATTLE (10 pts.):
Beak: Straight set, close
fitting, length in proportion with the head; line between mandibles if
extended to pass iris of eye. Upper mandible white, lower black in blue,
black and mealy marked birds. All brown, red, and dilute marked birds to
have the lower mandible horn colored.
Wattle: Small, neat, fine
in texture, close fitting.
BODY (15 pts.):
Slender, wing butts concealed,
well rounded breast, small, cocks to weigh 13 to 14 oz., hens 12 to 13
oz.
CARRIAGE (15 pts.):
Sprightly, bold and jaunty.
Body carried upright with neck well arched. Bird to walk on toes, not flat
footed. Should stand so the backline forms between a 35 and 45 degree angle
with the ground.
PEAK (5 pts.):
Pointed, with tip of peak
higher than head, with length of feather to form chain resulting depth
to head and upper part of nose.
MARKINGS (15 pts.):
Head cut, from mouth to
top of peak, passing even with bottom of eye cere.
COLOR (10 pts.):
All colors recognized, marked
or solid. Color to be sound, rich and lustrous throughout. In mixed classes
marked birds to be given extra considerations for markings, according to
quality.
FLIGHTS (10 pts.):
Two outer flights to be
white except in solid colored birds.
2 X 2 10 pts.
2 X 1, 3 X 2 8 pts.
1 X 1, 3 X 3, 2 X 4, 2 X
0 6 pts.
3 X 0, 4 X 1, 4 X 3 2 pts.
All others 0 pts.
TAIL (3 pts.):
Narrow in width and extended
approximately one half inch from the end of the flight feathers when bird
is walking. Tail carried about one half inch off ground.
FEET AND LEGS (2 pts.):
Feet: Small.
Legs: Medium, braced for
action, clean legged.