ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



To-day he is one of my most sincere friends, and 

 one of the oldest members of our club. 



Our Oriental cousins in America, whom I 

 may say, are great admirers of Oriental Frills, 

 drew up a standard for their guidance. I have 

 not seen a copy, nor do I know if it has been 

 completed or finally adopted by the American 

 Oriental Frill Club, but through the kindness of 

 Mr. Twombly, the proprietor and editor of the 

 American " Pigeon News " — an interesting 

 paper which I get regularly — I gather in reference 

 to the black and dun-laced Blondinettes that 

 some of the fanciers were advocating the exclu- 

 sion from the show pen of all birds which are 

 laced or frosted on the head. And that none but 

 solid coloured ones should be admitted. 



Well, everyone to their tastes, and if a 

 fancier prefers a solid coloured head to a frosted, 

 by all means allow him to enjoy his fancy. 

 But to say that none but such should be allowed 

 to appear in the show pen is to shut out birds 

 possessing a most pleasing and charming ac- 

 quisition. Both, to my mind, are beautiful and 

 provide another illustration of Mr. Ludlow's 

 contention that in the matter of lacing and mark- 

 ings we must not draw hard and fast lines. I 

 shall refer again to this point when dealing with 

 the Blond inette family. 



" CLIMAX " BLONDINETTE COCK. 



I did not select this bird for illustration with 

 any idea of depicting an ideal Blond inette, 



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