86 FANCY PIGEONS. 



demarcation must run from the mouth across the eyes, and 

 round the inside of the crest, which must be, if good, an 

 extensive cupped shell, not lined with the white, but coloured. 

 The colour of the eyes is sometimes yellow, but generally 

 hazel. The legs and feet must be well covered with coloured 

 feathers, of a medium length. The colours of the Common 

 Priest are often excellent, and reds have been shown of late 

 not inferior in colour to any red pigeons I have ever seen. 



The Double-crested Priest is found in all colours, like the 

 preceding. The second crest, or trumpeter's rose, on the 

 forehead, falling over the nostrils, assumes various shapes, 

 being either in the form of a flower, rayed from its centre, or 

 a small twisted-up tuft of feathers. So long as it is symmetri- 

 cal, and not all to one side, any form will do, as it is not 

 expected to be developed as in the Trumpeter. 



The White-stockinged Priest has, in addition, the feathers 

 of the legs and feet white, but the thigh, belly, and vent 

 feathers must remain coloured. 



The White-barred Priest may have white or coloured stock- 

 ings, with white wing bars, which, with the blue ground 

 colour, are bordered with black. Reds and yellows so barred 

 are rare, and cannot be got so fine in colour as in the original 

 breed. 



The White-flighted, White-barred Priest is like the pre- 

 ceding, but has the ten primaries white. The Blues have 

 received the name of Blue Brunswicks in this country. 



The White -flighted. Barred and Tailed Priest is like the 

 preceding, with a white tail, and occurs almost always in 

 black or blue. 



The Starling-barred, White-flighted and Tailed Priest is said, 

 by Neumeister, to be the most beautiful of the Priests. He 

 says: "It is exceedingly rare, and only to be met with in the 

 districts of Hohenzollern and the Upper Neckar, and only 

 with a black plumage and unfeathered feet." I have never 

 seen this kind, so cannot describe it more fully. 



