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ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



said, with nice bold and erect carriage, you have 

 a Pigeon that commands admiration, especially 

 amongst lovers of any short-faced variety. 



The Turbiteen, in my opinion, is one of the 

 most fascinatmg varieties of the Oriental Frill 

 family. I do not say this with the idea of 

 recommending my young friends to take up the 

 breeding of them for a start, because I feel sure 

 they would in all probability be disappointed at 

 the result. The old saying that it takes more than 

 one swallow to make a summer applies in a 

 similar sense to the breeding of Turbiteens, as, 

 although the markings are fairly well fixed, so 

 far as the cheeks and frontal are concerned, 

 it is difficult to breed them without foul markings 

 on other parts of the body. All the same, a 

 really well marked Turbiteen is a very distin- 

 guished Pigeon. 



It is somewhat remarkable, but on numerous 

 occasions when comparatively the younger fan- 

 ciers of Oriental Frills have visited my lofts, it 

 was seldom they took any notice of the Tur- 

 biteens. The birds they appeared to take the 

 most notice of would be either the laced Blondin- 

 ettes or the Satinettes . On paying a second visit 

 they might just venture a remark or two about 

 the Turbiteens , such as : — 



*' Rather peculiar birds those. What do 

 you call them ? ' ' 



But on a third visit my friends would be 

 anxious to see more of them, and would take 



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