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SUPPORTING COLOR PIGEONS IN CALIFORNIA, USA AND THE WORLD SINCE 1972
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Standard for Saxon Whitetail
Translated from 1954 German standard by H. P. Macklin and updated to recent German standard

Yellow Saxon Whitetail


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Origin:
 Origin: In Saxony principally around the Ore Mountains and the bordering Thuringen territory. Since ancient times it is one of the most beloved of the color pigeons.
General Impression:
 Similar in form to a stocky field pigeon. Length 33 to 35 cm.
Race features:
  
Head:
 Round and forehead rounded, always smooth headed.
Eyes:
 Eyes: Deep black on blacks, blues, silvers and coppers (grayish black is permitted on coppers); reds and yellows light red orange eye color. Eye cere on reds and yellows is light flesh color to red. Cere to be dark on all other colors. on coppers a lighter gray cere is permitted.
Beak:
 Long and thin. Flesh colored in reds and yellows. All other colors the beak is black
Neck:
 Short and rounded. Full at the shoulders. The throat is nicely cut out.
Breast
 Wide, moderately rounded.
Back:
 Slightly arched, tapering downward.
Wings:
 Suitably long and wide, flights resting on tail.
Tail:
 Closed and just a trifle longer than flight tips.
Legs:
 Low position with long and well curved muff feathers and well developed hock feathers.
Feather:
 Well developed and lying close.
Colors:
 Black with white bars or spangling (the later either with or without finch marks), black with copper spangling (Firebacks). Blue and silver barless, white bars or spangling and also with dark bars. Red and Yellow without any bars or spangles
Color and Design:
 Blues and Silvers are light and soft tones except for dark gradations to neck and flights and tail bar. Black, Red, Yellows with even glossy rich colors. Firebacks are rich glossy black with copper spangle pattern and with or without copper finch marks, weak copper marks in muffs are allowed without strong penalty. White feathers only on spot marking which should not be too large or too small. 12 white tail feathers with even demarkation between color and white on top tail cover feathers. Under-tail wedge to be colored.
Bad Faults:
 Weak body, drooping attitude, station to high. light or flesh colored upper bill on blacks or blues. Staining on bill of red or yellows. White feathers on head outside of the spot marking; missing spot marking, white feathers on underbody or tail wedge, fewer than 12 white tail feathers. Dull or bluish colors on Blacks, reds or yellows. Cloudy, sooty or muddy colors on blue or silvers. Uneven, broken or jagged bars; poorly designed spangles.
Order of evaluation:
 General Impression - body form - color - markings - bars or spangling - muffs - bill color - eye color.
Band size:
 11