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The Archangel: NPA Standard 1993:

It should be noted that the Archangel is no doubt the Peak Crested variety of the Dark Bronze Black Winged Gimpel. For sake of clarity and reference, owing to it's great popularity in the United States the following standard of perfection should be used as a judging guideline. The name Archangel was given to this Gimpel variety by the British. It is a lustrous, upright, slim and racy type of pigeon.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:
HEAD: Lightly curved, longish and narrow with a fairly flat frontal. The crest develops from the back of the shoulders and runs up to the apex, and here developing into a sharp conical point upon the head. The feathers from both sides of the shoulders converge together into a ridge or niche which runs up the back of the neck to form the crest.
EYES: Very vivid, the iris is dark orange in color and is surrounded by a very slightly developed cere which is light pink to flesh in coloration.
BEAK: Long thin and straight, the upper beak being slightly curved at the tip. The color of the beak is light horn which becomes darker close to the tip.
NECK: Fairly long and comparatively thin. The throat is well rounded out.