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impaired. Whenever a bird travels from one perch to another 

 the motion of its tail is critically observed, and unless it is 

 perfectly free and glib it is reckoned a fault. 



STYLE. The. style of a bird is a weighty consideration with 

 Scotchmen. Some fanciers prefer birds with substance about 

 them, although the majority prefer them fine and slender: but 

 if a bird only possesses in an eminent degree the circular form, 

 good shoulders, fine waist, good carriage, activity, and a long 

 free tail, with plenty of length, and compact in feather, the 

 sticklers for stoutness or thinness soon disappear. 



STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. The following standard has 

 been carefully arranged, and will be found to give the relative 

 value of the different points of merit attributable to each 

 particular feature, 100 points being regarded as a maximum of 



perfection : 



STANDARD FOB JUDGING GLASGOW DONS. 



Points. 



Head 4 



Neck 6 



Shoulders 5 



Back 7 



Chest 4 



Waist \ 4 



Wings 3 



Legs 5 



Tail 12 



Size 8 



Form or Contour (circular) 18 



Style and Travelling 10 



Quality of Feathers 4 



Condition 10 



iofcai 100 



The bird represented in our illustration is a specimen of the 

 first water. 



