5. The tail coverts are short; the upper ones, especially the short sickles, are slightly curved. The sickle feathers extend up only about half the length of the tail. They are yellow, laced, and have a black margin, tending to be lost at tip. 6. The yellow tail is short and erect. 7. The feathers on the wing bow are practically like those on the back, but shorter. 8. Over the crop and lower breast the feathers are laced. CASTRATE. Plates 6 and 8. 1. Feathers entirely yellow and more slender. Those on each side of the shrunken comb stand up from the head. 2. Hackles on upper part of neck have a black base with red tip. The outer edge, without barbules, is narrow, then broader than at tip. Farther down the neck the edge with barbules is yellow with a narrow black margin. 3. In the part of the feather with barbules there is a yellow center bordered by a broad black band, especially at base. In the part without barbules the feathers are yellow and more pointed. This region especially is deeper yellow than in the original Sebright. 4. Saddle consists of long, slender laced feathers, except at tip, which is red. Barbules are absent along edge of outer third of feather. 5. Tail coverts long, covering the tail as in cock birds of other breeds. The sickle feathers, especially the upper ones, are much curved, with black tips; the black margin is largely gone. The feathers are mossy, sometimes splotched (this is also sometimes noticeable in normal birds). 6. The tail feathers themselves are almost twice as long as in normal bird; the upper feathers are more curved. 7. The feathers of wing bow are like those of the back of the same bird, but shorter. 8. The crop feathers are narrower, with a wider black margin, and a few may be also entirely black. Feathers on lower breast much like those in normal, but a little more pointed.