298 FANCY PIGEONS. 



"The Beah thick at its base, and so continuing for about 

 half its length, thence gradually lessening in calibre. Mea- 

 surement from the termination of the beak horn to the ante- 

 rior corner of the eye, not less than l^in. The lower man- 

 dible, stout and straight ; the upper, also thick, and terminat- 

 ing in a slight curve. 



"The Beak-wattle peg-shaped — i.e., broad and perpendicular 

 at its base, narrowing with even sides and longitudinal fur- 

 rows towards the point of the upper mandible, but not in- 

 truding on the lower. 



"The Eye-wattle §m^:3 not fleshy, nearly circular, slightly 

 pinched at the back. 



"The Eye prominent and watchful. In blues, silvers, 

 chequers, and grizzles, the irides of a deep rich red colour. 

 In other varieties, an approximation to this colour, except 

 in whites, in which the iris is dark coloured. 



" The Neck of medium length, neither thin nor gulleted at 

 the head, and widening boldly at the shoulders. 



" The Breast broad, the Shoulders prominently defined. 



" The Back nearly straight, neither hollow nor hogged. 



" The Wings strong, the Flights carried slightly above the tail. 



"The Tail running in a line with the back, carried clear of 

 the ground, and extending quite half-an-inch beyond the tips 

 of the wings. 



" Measurement of the Leg, from the hock to the foot, about 

 l^in. The Thigh stout and muscular. The whole length of the 

 Dragon, from the point of the beak to the extremity of the tail, 

 about 15in. 



" Colour in Blues. — The Neck dark and lustrous ; the Body, 

 Rump, and Thighs, a leaden blue of uniform shade. Markings — 

 A broad black bar across the end of the tail. Two black bars, 

 about f of an inch wide, even and distinct, running trans- 

 versely from top to bottom of each wing, in the form of the 

 letter Y inverted. Colour of beak, black. Colour of eye- 

 wattle, a deep blue-grey. 



