ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



say no other fancier in the world possessed ! 

 And if my young friends could get a look at the 

 catalogues of such shows as the Palace, Dairy, 

 Birmingham, and other important shows twenty - 

 five to forty years ago, they would be astonished 

 at the number of prizes which went to Mansfield. 

 Well, good hens were one of the great features of 

 Mr. Woods' success. He placed great value on 

 his best hens. 



PRODUCTION OF SOLID COLOURS. 



And so I come to the point of mating up 

 Blondinettes. Have the hen as good in structure 

 as you can afford to buy, and so long as she has 

 been bred from well laced parents, don't worry 

 if she herself is not so well laced as you wish, 

 providing her mate is well laced. I have bred 

 beautifully laced youngsters from a solid black 

 or dun hen, mated to a well laced cock. Un- 

 doubtedly colour and markings in the majority of 

 cases come from the cock. Type and structural 

 properties come from the hen. 



Now in reference to lacing. Although this 

 charming feature in both colours is, and has been, 

 firmly fixed for many years past, don't be 

 alarmed if you breed a small percentage of solid 

 colours. That is, the body colour a solid black 

 or solid dun. But such birds generally possess 

 laced tails, show a slight light coloured bar, 

 and are nearly always extra good in head and 

 beak. I even bred such a bird last season from 



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