ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



on visiting the show I found eleven birds in the 

 class, including the two or three I exhibited in 

 the class. Mr. Eade showed a particularly 

 handsome cock in the class, which, I believe, 

 shortly after the show passed into the hands of 

 Mr . George Leech . I don 't pretend to know how 

 to breed them, therefore I cannot at present, at 

 any rate, put my young friends on the right track . 

 We shall have to wait a year or two and see what 

 is produced. It is a charming colour, and well 

 worth cultivation; apart from the colour being 

 so charming, the head properties are above the 

 average . 



I have mentioned the creams and the whites, 

 both colours, as a rule, being stock birds. It is 

 very rarely that the creams show lacing dis- 

 tinctive enough to take their corner as show birds . 

 But as I have said , both are most valuable in the 

 loft. 



The next variety of the Oriental Frill family 

 to claim our attention is the Oriental Turbit. 

 This is a bonny Pigeon when possessing all the 

 points and features of a good one. I emphasise 

 the remark— a good one — for this reason. The 

 Oriental Turbit is solid coloured or barred, 

 according to the colour of the bird. He cannot 

 furnish us with the beautiful lacing or markings 

 of either the Satinette or Blondinette. Another 

 attribute he is minus of is the grouse leg and 

 feathered toes. Therefore, what qualities or 

 features do we expect in this bird to put him on 



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