HEAD: Surface of feather, brilliant shade of rich red.

NECK: Hackle - surface of feather, lustrous, greenish black with narrow edging around entire surface of rich brilliant red; shaft, black: to match saddle. Front of neck-black

BACK: Surface of feather, lustrous greenish black with narrow edging around entire surface of a medium shade of of rich brilliant red, a slight shafting of rich red is permissible. The surface of upper back should appear to be rich glossy red when viewed from a distance too great to distinguish the individual feathers.

SADDLE: Surface of feather, lustrous greenish black with narrow edging around the entire surface of rich brilliant red, shaft black; to match hackle in color.

TAIL: Main Tail-black, shafts black. Sickles and Lesser Sickles--lustrous black. Coverts-lustrous greenish black, with narrow edging around the entire surface of rich brilliant red.

WINGS: Shoulders & Fronts-black, Bows-medium shade of brilliant red. Coverts-lustrous greenish black, forming a well defined bar when wing is folded. Primaries exposed portion of outer web forming wing bay, reddish bay; shafts, black.

BREAST: Lustrous black with greenish sheen.

BODY & STERN: Body-black, Stern-fluff, black, slightly tinged red.

LOWER THIGHS: Black.

UNDERCOLOR: Slate in all directions.

Color of Female

PLUMAGE: Penciling in the partridge female should be of uniform width and conform to the shape of the feather. Each feather of the back, breast, body, wing bows and thighs should have three pencilings; the center black, then alternately reddish bay and black, ending with reddish bay edging around entire surface. More attention should be given to the brightness and sharpness of the reddish bay ground color and the almost jet black penciling than whether the bird appears lighter or darker than an individual preference. The ideal is one uniform color over the entire body of the bird.

HEAD: Deep reddish bay.

NECK: Hackle-surface of feather, center portion black; slightly penciled with deep reddish bay, with narrow edging around the entire surface of deep reddish bay. Front of neck-same as breast.

BACK & CUSHION: Deep reddish bay with distinct pencilings of black.

TAIL: Main Tail-black, except two top feathers, which are deep reddish bay on the upper web, penciled with black, shafts black. Coverts-deep reddish bay, with distinct penciling of black.

WINGS: Shoulders, fronts, Bows & Coverts-deep reddish bay, with distinct pencilings of black. Primaries-black with edging of deep reddish bay on outer webs, shafts black. Secondaries-inner webs black; outer webs deep reddish bay, with distinct penciling of black extending around outer edge of feather, shafts black.

BREAST: Deep reddish bay with distinct pencilings of black.

BODY & STERN: Body-deep reddish bay pencilled with black. Stern-fluff, deep reddish bay.

LOWER THIGHS: Deep reddish bay, penciled with black.

UNDERCOLOR: Slate in all directions.