ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



minus foot feathering; is a very smart Pigeon, 

 and when well and solidly masked very striking. 



Having endeavoured to treat upon the 

 different varieties of the Oriental Frill family, 

 I will give a few hints as to feeding, manage- 

 ment, etc. Not that I wish to assume my 

 management is superior to others who have had 

 years of experience of the breed, but having been 

 told so often by Oriental and other fanciers 

 alike that few, if any, put down Oriental Frills 

 in the show pen in better form than I do, I 

 suppose my method of keeping them has some- 

 thing to do with the results. 



First of all, I think it will be as well to speak 

 about the hardiness of the breed. Notwith- 

 standing the number of years Oriental Frills 

 have been established in this country, I feel sure 

 there are a goodly number of fanciers who imagine 

 they are delicate in constitution and in conse- 

 quence require special treatment. Of course, I 

 allude to fanciers who have never kept them. 

 Undoubtedly, one of the reasons for thinking this 

 is their delicate plumage, as on many occasion- 

 when attending shows I can testify, through overs 

 hearing conversation and remarks from visitors 

 going the round and admiring the birds . Another 

 reason, I think, is the fact now pretty well known 

 that they originally came from a much warmer 

 climate than our own. That is, a country where 

 the fig tree grows luxuriantly, and choice fruits 

 and flowers in profusion grow in the open; a 



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