PIGEONS AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



LEG AND FOOT FEATHERING- -Long and slippei pointed on 

 the feet; the back feathering being long and evenly project- 

 ing towards the vent. No bareness should be visible between 

 the feet or on the legs. 



CARRIAGE- Squatty, that is, low on legs and short and 

 rather projecting in the front of the body. 



PLUMAGE Abundant and but modestly close in fitting 

 the flights being carried rather loosely and the tail somewhat 

 wide-spreading. 



CONDITION Very lustrous i:i the dark shading of the 

 plumage, and free from all soil on the foot and hock feather- 

 ing. 





