ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



seven to ten white flights a side, as in the Satin- 

 ette. The tail should be the same colour as the 

 wings or sides, although one, if not the best, 

 black Oriental Turbit ever imported from the 

 East, had a white tail. This bird belonged to the 

 late Mr . T . W . H . Ashton , of Altrincham . Un- 

 fortunately, this bird escaped from his loft 

 soon after coming into Mr. Ashton 's possession, 

 and was never heard of again. This was a very 

 unfortunate mishap, so far as the Fancy was 

 concerned, as, undoubtedly, this wonderful 

 Pigeon would have left his mark upon succeed- 

 ing generations of Oriental Turbits. 



Oriental Turbits were mostly bred in the 

 interior of Asia Minor, and it was in pursuit of 

 them that our dear old friend and ardent ad- 

 mirer of Oriental Frills, the late Mr. Harry 

 Kitchen, of Leeds, nearly fell a victim to robbery 

 and violence. He was shadowed by a gang of 

 thieves, and but for the timely warning of his 

 guide and the accomplishment of a fine bit of 

 sprinting, poor Harry would, undoubtedly, have 

 gone under. 



Mr. Caridia tells us in Fulton's Book on 

 Pigeons that the Oriental Turbit has played a 

 very important part in the production of the 

 Turbiteen, one of the most striking varieties, in 

 my opinion, of the whole of the Oriental Frill 

 family, and of which I shall speak about 

 presently . 



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