216 FANCY PIGEONS. 



The Bltjette, or Blue Satinette, is of an even, clear 

 blue on tlie slioulders, with white wing bars, which ought to 

 be laced with intense black, and also have an inner lacing 

 of a red or dark flesh colour. The tail is the same as in the 

 Satinette, or a shade lighter. 



The Silverette, or Silver Satinette, should be of an even 

 clear silvery dun on the shoulders, with white wing bai-s, laced 

 round with dark dun ; and if there is an inner lacing of buff or 

 yellow, so much the better. This pigeon bears the same 

 relation to the Bluette as the Brunette does to the Satinette. 

 The tail is of the same colour and marking as in the latter, 

 or a shade lighter. 



These four varieties may be interbred occasionally; but, if 

 it be intended to follow after the laced marking in the Satinette, 

 the Bluette and Silverette cannot assist it. So many shades 

 of colour appear in the breeding of Satinettes, that care must 

 be exercised in the selection of stock, A bird with excessive 

 lacing or spangling must be paired with one too lightly marked. 

 This plan is, however, less likely to produce a large proportion 

 of well-coloured young ones, than by pairing two birds which 

 are themselves nearly of the desired colour. I think, if the 

 breeding of Satinettes were to extend in this country, that 

 either the clear flesh tint, evenly laced with black, or, in addi- 

 tion, an inner lacing of red or brown, making three colours 

 in each feather, would come to be regarded as the only standard 

 colour. Besides the foregoing varieties, there are also Black- 

 laced Satinettes, whose shoulders are white, each feather being 

 laced with black. Towards the wing butts they appear more 

 black than white. The principal tail feathers and their coverts 

 should also be white, laced round with black. 



The Blondinette Pigeon. 



The Blondinette has been produced in recent years, according 

 to Mr. Caridia, who has recorded its history. The Blondinettes 

 bear the same relation to the Satinettes, in their several varie- 



