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I'KiKONS AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



The beak, in Blacks, Blues, and Powdered-Blues is black, 

 and in all other varieties a flesh, except in Silvers and Pow- 

 dered-Silvers which are darker. 



The eye in Blues is a reddish-gravel, and in all colors but 

 white are yellow-gravel, but in whites they are dark or bull. 



One must look out for colored feathers, grouse legs, and 

 for dark toe-nails, but the Owl is now bred to such a high 

 standard that these little defects seldom appear. 



The Owl from its very neat and cute appearance will al- 

 ways be a great favorite, and those fanciers who once take 

 them up, find so much to admire and attract, that they sel- 

 dom give them up. 



I know a number of fanciers who have bred them for many 

 years, and find as much in them to infatuate as ever, and 

 this speaks well for the points in them that can so easily be 

 brought out if care, skill, and judgment, is added to a nat- 

 ural liking for these pretty little pets. There are many lofts 

 in America that will compare favorably with those of Eng 

 land. 



