The head is a long oval in shape with a shell crest and slightly longer than medium length beak. The breast is full and powerful, with long and powerful wings carried atop the tail. The back and tail are long, with 14 to 18 retrices. The legs are clean, although birds with feathers on the legs do exist and are permitted. The colors include Blue, Silver, Red, Yellow, Black, Dun, Almond and Grizzled birds, as well as Whites.
Markings are colortails, selfs, beards, baldheads and unorthodox.
Eyes are pearl in color in the pigeons with little white, or bull with much white. As this race is a very popular flying pigeon, little emphasis is placed on colors or markings, although the Colortailed ones are especially wonderful.