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I think I can fairly claim to be one of the first people to recognise this evolution of the Parisian into the Italian Giant Frill, and to begin the deliberate selection of the most salient differential features, in particular the head plumage, the definitive conformation of which was clearly defined at a meeting of the Technical Commission in February 1986 chaired by Prof. Zingoni. During this meeting the term "hood frill" was unanimously adopted.

These differential features derive from the breed's tendency to have the feathers of the shoulders and above all of the breast and head turned towards the front, in such a way that the jabot is similar to that of the Padovan. The head plumage is all turned distinctly towards the front, as if the finger of a mysterious hand had pushed it from behind to form a kind of visor above the beak and the eyes that recalls the distinctive hood of the Capuchin monks.

In my view I consider a bird to be truly typical only when the feathers of the hood are all turned towards the front, even though, when breeding, I sometimes find it useful to use exemplars with a partially complete hood, as I will explain shortly.

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