OBJECTIONABLE THIRD BAR. 



Turton was in want of a Bluette cock. This 

 would be about the middle of the breeding season . 

 He wrote me for one. But what Bluette cocks 

 I had were all paired up and breeding. I, how- 

 ever, offered him on loan the half-bred Bluette 

 cock already mentioned, which he readily ac- 

 cepted. As a result, he bred from him the best 

 young Bluette (a cock) of the season. 



The bird had a wonderful head for a Bluette, 

 a lovely shade of colour on the wings, and the 

 best bar I had ever seen. His two faults were 

 being slightly bishoped on one wing and rather 

 gay in tail. But with these faults he held his 

 own in the show pen for several years, and ulti- 

 mately came into my possession. 



MEANING OF TERM ''BISHOPED." 



I would explain to novices that the term 

 "bishoped" means a patch of white at the 

 shoulder, where, of course, the feathers should be 

 solid or laced, as the case may be — in this case 

 solid. 



That pair of birds, procured for me by Mr. 

 Ashford, laid the foundation of pretty well all 

 the best Bluettes and Silverettes of the present 

 day. I can trace nearly every good bird for the 

 past 18 years or over as being descended from 

 them. Of course, with judicious matings we have 

 improved upon the originals, especially in purity 

 of colour in bar. 



I need say very little as to the mating of 

 them. They are so mixed up, blue an,d silver, 



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