BLACK AND DUN-LACED. 



Some of these were quite good standard birds. I 

 eventually sold the pair to go abroad. 



BLACK AND DUN-LACED. 



Then for years we never saw a specimen of 

 any kind, until our friend, Mr. Jas. F. King, of 

 Oxford, produced by accident, I believe, a very 

 good black-laced Satinette hen, with quite a good 

 mask. The late Capt. Dobson also exhibited 

 a Bluette at the Palace with a mask. And quite 

 recently Mr. Lawrence Tipper, of Moseley, has 

 bred one or two nice specimens. 



In fact, the thanks of the Fancy are due to 

 this ardent fancier in his determined efforts to 

 try and produce a really first-rate specimen. He 

 has spared neither time nor expense during the 

 past six or seven years, to my knowledge, in his 

 endeavour to breed Vizors, and is certainly, 

 year by year, getting nearer to the accomplish- 

 ment of his task. I am quite sure every Frill 

 fancier will join me in wishing him ultimate 

 success . 



Now we come to the last member of the 

 Satinette family, viz., the black-laced and dun- 

 laced, in the production of which I can lay claim 

 to have had a pretty good hand. 



Having produced so many varieties of the 

 Oriental Frill family, it is not to be wondered 

 at that an attempt to produce black and dun- 

 laced Satinettes would be made by our Oriental 

 Frill fanciers in the East. Caridia mentions 

 black-laced in Fulton's book. But if they did 



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