HARRY KITCHEN'S EFFORTS. 



— told me, he had the greatest difficulty in this 

 respect. Harry Kitchen visited all the best 

 lofts, but only in one or two instances could he 

 induce the owners to part with the birds that 

 they themselves admired, and then only by 

 Harry making several visits. 



The Satinette then being firmly fixed, these 

 Eastern fanciers turned their attention to pro- 

 ducing other varieties of the Oriental Frill 

 family, the Satinette playing a very important 

 part in their production. Thus some fifteen 

 years after the introduction of the Satinette we 

 were introduced to the charming Blond inette. 

 Other varieties followed from time to time — 

 viz., the Brunette, Sulphurette, Bluette, Sil- 

 verette, Vizor, Turbiteen, and last, the Domino. 

 And as to the latter, what an appropriate name. 



It may not be known to some of our Oriental 

 Frill admirers that the names of the different 

 varieties by which we now know them were given 

 by English fanciers, and that they are quite 

 foreign to the Eastern breeders. The late Mr. 

 J. W. Ludlow, one of the earliest devotees of the 

 breed, was mainly responsible for the naming of 

 the birds. And, although I think the names are 

 somewhat puzzling to the uninitiated, yet I have 

 never been able to find names more appropriate. 



I think there is a peculiar charm in the 

 names selected, and which fit in so admirably 

 with the dainty beauty of the birds themselves. 

 As I have said, to the novice, or uninitiated, a 

 breed with so many " cttes " in the different 



