ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



the other. Of course, if you can obtain birds 

 with good all-round points, so much the better. 

 Always bear in mind that in mating up a pair 

 of laced birds it is best to have one dark and the 

 other light. Don't mate two very lightly laced 

 together, or two dark ones. Setting of beak is 

 another very important point. By this I mean 

 the angle of the beak in relation to the head. 

 The beak should take a downward tendency. 

 What we term straight-faced or pokey beaked is 

 a bad fault. The mouth line and the beak should 

 be in harmony with the curvature of the head. 



Both Brunettes and Sulphurettes (where not 

 separately mated) can, with advantage, be mated 

 to the Blue-laced Satinette, especially in the 

 case of the Brunette, if you wish to improve the 

 tail spot, as invariably the Brunette is very good 

 I in this respect. The same may be said of the 

 \ Brown-laced Blondinette. I cannot give the 

 \ reason, but the Brown -laced Blondinette pre- 

 serves the spot tail more than any other of the 

 spot tailed Blondinette family. 



i HOW THE MARKINGS COME. 



Reverting to the advantage of mating crested 

 with plain headed birds, I may add that this 

 method has a tendency to keep the crest needle 

 pointed. The closeness of the feathers on the 

 plain headed bird no doubt helps to produce 

 this much desired feature, as by continually 

 breeding from crested birds on both sides the 

 crest in time becomes loose or shelly. 



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