ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



and hen, or that one should be black-laced and 

 the other dun-laced. That is, except for this 

 fact, which I think is worth noting. During the 

 past two or three seasons there has been a pre- 

 ponderance of dun-laced bred, the majority 

 being hens. 



This is an instance, according to our theory, 

 of Nature playing us falsely, as it is generally 

 contended that black is a much stronger colour 

 than dun. Therefore, we should have had a pre- 

 ponderance of blacks, especially as black have 

 been used quite as much in the mating as the 

 duns. But this has not been my own experience, 

 and I know it has not been the case with other 

 breeders. So taking this fact into consideration, 

 for the time being, at any rate, I should recom- 

 mend where possible to mate together one of 

 each colour. 



LISTER'S AND WOODS' HENS. 



I am a disciple of the school of breeders who 

 place great value on having the hen as good in 

 type and structural properties as possible. I 

 have visited a good few lofts of one kind or 

 another in my time, and no matter what the 

 breed or variety kept, where I have found the 

 stock of hens better than the cocks the breeder 

 has been a consistently successful exhibitor 

 year after year. 



I would like to mention two instances out- 

 side Oriental Frills. About thirty-seven years 



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