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FANCY PIGEONS. 



should have a black beak, the red a ruddy brown one, and 

 the yellow, just enough colour in the beak to make it show. 



The Turkish Turbit Pigeon. 



Some Turkish Turbits of very superior quality have occa- 

 sionally been brought to this country of late. I have seen 

 some blues and blacks with broader and better filled up fore- 

 heads than any of the other Eastern frilled varieties. These 

 have all been smooth-headed birds, some with feathered, and 

 others with clean, legs. In all cases their tails were coloured, 

 but none were face-marked in any way. 



Turkish Nomenclature. 



The following list of the Turkish names of the various Frilled 

 Pigeons was published lately by Mr. C. E. Duckworth, of 

 Liverpool, who procured it from the East : 



