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Also known as: Polish Silver & Pearl Magpied Highflyer and Polish L.F. Silver & Pearl Tumbler.

Head: Long and narrow, proportional to the bird's size, without corners, edges, or platform. The frontal fiat and filled up, making the profile of the entire head from the end of the beak to the back of the head as one uninterrupted slightly arched line which gives the impression of a perfectly straight line. The back of the head unites with the back of the neck by a short rounded downward curve. The head and beak, if looked upon from the top, form a regularly widening wedge, which is gently rounded at the back.

Eye: Eyes are placed high and close to the profile line of the head in the rear of the skull. The iris is clean pearly with a very slight bluish tinge and without any other color present. The pupil is small and round positioned in the center of the iris. The eye cere blue-gray to almost black, well marked. The Pearly Highflyer has flesh-colored eye ceres, which must be light and without any redness.

Beak: Long, moderately thin, broadly attached, forming a continuous wedge with rest of the skull if looking upon from the top. Dark (black) for the silver variety and light (flesh-colored) for the Pearl variety. The wattles of silver-gray color are delicate and small, not disturbing the profile and the wedge of the entire head. The Pearl variety's wattles are pearl-flesh colored with no brown present.

Neck: Straight, proportionally long and thin with a nice cut out under the beak mildly widening and harmoniously blending into the breast and shoulders. Neck feathers should not show any raggedness.

Breast: Not too wide (proportionally narrow) not sticking out forward, makes a harmonious line from the almost perpendicular neck and continues nicely to the breastbone.

Back: Proportionally narrow, slightly rounded in the shoulder area, falling moderately.

Wings: Long, held close to the body with visible wing butts, closed tightly and resting on the tail without crossing each other, reaching the middle of the tail's black band.

Tail: Closed and straight, slanting at an angle to make a continuous straight line with the falling back but not touching the ground and not too long.

Legs: Clean, long, but proportional and thin, visible thighs not coming together in the knee area. The back part of the leg has feathers coming down to the knee joint. The front part of the leg has feathere coming down to the knee joint. The front part of the leg has feathere coming down about 1/4" below the knee joint. Toenails, white.

Color of Plumage: Brilliant white with icy-silver magpie pattem, except for the tail which is dark silver-blue, including the upper and lower coverts. The end of the tail has about half of an inch wide black band followed by a narrow light silver. The Pearl variety has same marking pattern, except that the icy-silver color is more pearl silver. The tail is not silver-blue but dark pearl silver with a brown-gray band followed by a narrow light pearl silver. In both varieties, the lighter and softer the magpied markings are, the better.

General Appearance: All elements of the bird shown above must make a harmonious whole, creating a flying pigeon type, which is proportionately built, slim, with an erect station with its back moderately dropping, holding its straight neck slightly forward from the plum line and carrying its head proudly and horizontally.

Note: The title of Champion will be bestowed upon the best pigeon in the class if it is awarded at least 94 pts. Otherwise, the highest graded pigeon in the breed class is awarded as Best of Breed.

Head

24 pts

Overall Appearance

20 pts

Eye

10 pts

Cere

8 pts

Beak

8 pts

Neck

10 pts

Leg

10 pts

Color

10 pts


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Superb

94-100 pts

Very Good

89-93 pts

Good

83-88 pts

Satisfactory

81-84 pts

FAULTS:

Body:
Chunky, horizontal, or too deep station.
Head:
Short, wide, bulging head above the eyes.
Lack of wedge from of the entire head if looking upon from the top.
Corners in the back of the wedge (looking from the top).
The profile line of the head turns squarely into the neck instead of turning down with a nice short, round curve.
Eye:
Any red veins.
Large and ill-shaped pupil.
Off center pupil.
Eye Ceres:
Deviation in color.
Inconspicuous in silver varieties.
Reddish in pearl variety.
Beak:
Out of proportion (too thick or too thin).
Uneven in substance.
Indented.
Turning upward or downward in relation to the head profile.
Large wattles and/or deviation in color.
Narrow at its base joining the frontal.
Neck:
Short.
Thick.
Not proportional.
Having abagdette kink.
Lacking a cut out under the beak.
Dewlap or gullet
Ragged neck feathers.
Breast:
Too wide and sticking out.
Back:
Too wide.
Hump back.
Hollow back.
Wings:
Not clinging to the body.
Hanging below the tail.
Crossing each other at the primaries, sabre like.
Tail:
V-tail.
Scoop tail.
Wry tail.
Split tail.
Held horizontally or raised.
Legs:
Short.
Rusty pigmentation in the silver plumage.
White in the tail feathers (if little then only a minor fault).
The almost black band in the tail too light.
Uneven coloration of the neck.
Too much green luster in the neck.
Pearl variety especially vulnerable.
Dark spots on wing coverts.
General:
All visible signs of degeneration.
Crippling (hump, wry tail, crooked breastbone, etc.) will disqualify the bird from competing.
 


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