TYPE AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES. 



and structural properties, they are much the 

 same in most of the different varieties of the 

 Frill family, the slight difference being in size 

 of body. For instance, it is quite natural for a 

 Turbiteen or an Oriental Turbit to be slightly 

 larger than a Satinette, Blond inette, or a Bluette. 

 The latter, as a rule, are the smallest of any of 

 the Frill family. 



If in leaving out for the moment the Oriental 

 Turbit, the head formation of all the other vari- 

 eties should be about the same. That is, in 

 speaking of a standard head. This should be 

 large, full, broad, an unbroken curve from tip of 

 beak to back of skull, wide mouth, beak short 

 and of good substance, if crested, crest well 

 set-up, with what is termed a nice needle-point 

 finish, and the deeper or wider the feathers are 

 from eye to the mane or ridge of feathers under 

 the crest the better the bird looks ! If the bird is 

 what we term plain headed, which means without 

 crest, the head should be full at the back. 



We want plenty of gullet or dewlap, which 

 is a ridge of skin growing from just under the 

 lower mandible and reaching down the throat to 

 where the frill starts. And this we want in 

 abundance. Nothing spoils an otherwise good 

 Oriental more than a poor or scanty frill. 



The shins and toes should be nicely clothed 

 with feathers, except in the Oriental Turbit and 

 the Domino. These two varieties are clean- 

 legged, which means without feathers. The body 

 should be fairly short, and present a cobby 



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