74 FANCY PIGEONS. 



The White-spot, or Blaze Face Pigeon. 



The White-spot Pigeon, generally known in England as 

 the Blaze Face {die Weiszbldssige Tauhe of Germany), is the 

 reverse in marking of the common Spot. Its head is 

 unhooded, the upper mandible white, the lower coloured in 

 accordance with the plumage. The legs and feet are in some 

 smooth, in others feathered. The heavier the leg-feathering 

 in this breed the better they look ; but it is not easy to 

 procure them well-hocked and booted, the majority being 

 only sparsely covered. 



This pigeon is of the common Field type in formation of 

 head and beak, and its chief value lies in the quality of 

 its colouring and accuracy of its marking. The irides are 

 yellow or red, following the body colour. The breed occurs 

 in the following varieties : 



The common White-spot, in all ground colours, with a 

 white, regularly formed oval spot on the forehead. The tail, 

 with its coverts, is also white. 



The White-barred Spot is black or blue in colour, and has, 

 in addition to the marks of the foregoing, white, or white 

 edged with black, wing bars. White-barred reds and yellows, 

 as in most other breeds, are rare. 



The White-scaled Spot is black or blue. The Black, in 

 addition to white spot and white tail, has the wing coverts 

 scaled or chequered with white, the flights tipped or finched 

 with white spots, and the bars either white, or spotted with 

 white, like the flights ; but the white in this variety is of a 

 yellow or creamy cast. This pigeon has, p^'obably, some con- 

 nection with the spangled Suabian. The Blue, in addition to 

 the white spot and tail, has the wing coverts chequered with 

 white, and black bars across the wings. 



The Copper-winged White-spot, or English Fire Pigeon, is 

 the most beautiful of the Blaze Faces. It is thicker set, 

 broader-breasted, and shorter than the preceding varieties. 

 It has an orange iris, and must be heavily feathered on 



