Origin Saxony; probably bred out of the original forms of the clean legged priest and trumpeters.

Overall Impression: Strong and low standing field pigeon shape.

Breed Characteristics:

Head: Arched, broad, with richly feathered shell crest with rosettes on each side; well developed round beak crest (rose).

Eyes: Dark; small eye cere; light to reddish in color.

Beak: Long, flesh colored; lower beak on blacks and blues to be dark in color (horn in silvers); small dark spots on the upper beak under the beak crest on blacks and blues, especially in old birds, is not a serious fault.

Neck: Thick, strong, well curved under beak (no gullet).

Breast: Broad, carried forward and low.

Back: Long, broad, slightly sloping.

Wings: Strong, broad, held close to body.

Tail: Long, closed, twelve tail feathers.

Legs: Compact and well muffed, muffs extending into hock feathers; low set.

Color and Markings: Blue and silvers light in color; red, yellow, and black to be intense and pure in color. The spangles to be triangle shaped and evenly distributed over the wing shield; the black spangled may or may not have finch markings on the flights; all other spangles to have solid flights. The entire bird is colored except the head marking and bars or spangles which are white. The line between the white of the head and the colored area runs from  between the

upper and lower beak through the eye or to the bottom of the eye at the cere
then to the back of the head at the base of the crest. The rose is white. The blues and silvers have a black (dun on silvers) seam on the back edge of the bar or spangle.

Order of Evaluation: After overall impression, the characteristics are judged in the following order: body strength - feather color - head marking - crest and beak crest - muffs - bars or spangles - eyes and beak color.