ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



for a pair of sulphur Satinettes. I was enabled 

 to select a pair as like each other, both cock and 

 hen, as two peas in a swad. I never saw a more 

 beautiful pair of Sulphurs in niy life, and my 

 opinion was confirmed by the recipient, who 

 wrote saying how very pleased he was with them, 

 and that they were the most perfect pair of 

 Oriental Frills he ever saw. 



Bear in mind, my young friends, the Con- 

 tinental fanciers were great on having perfectly 

 matched pairs, and in this case the order was for 

 each bird to be crested. Had it been left to me, 

 I should have sent, say, the hen plain headed, as 

 undoubtedly from a breeding point of view, as 

 I have already emphasised, it is better to breed 

 from one bird crested and the other plain 

 headed . 



I give this experience both to the older and 

 younger breeders of Frills for what it is worth. 

 That is, the infusion of black in the production 

 of Sulphurs. The only point against it, to my 

 mind, being the difference in tail markings, the 

 blacks being laced tails and the other spot 

 tailed. Still, the Sulphurs I have mentioned had 

 perfect spot tails. 



Before closing my notes on Sulphur Satin- 

 ettes, I would like to mention a Sulphurette 

 hen I had in 1898, which was descended from 

 the " Borcarme " cock, already referred to. 

 She was a beautiful hen, and, with the exception 

 of being a trifle long in face, was the most perfect 



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