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color combinations of pigeons, therefore, are, first, lead color 

 (a combination of black and white with a little red or yellow 

 cast); second, black with generally enough red or yellow to 

 make a muddy black. Third, white; fourth, same colors with 

 red predominating; fifth, the same colors with yellow predomi- 

 nating and sixth, a combination of one or more of these color 

 schemes . The presence of black, which generally shows first 

 in the fonn of two black birs on the wings, and the presence 

 of white, which generally shows first in the larger wing feath- 

 ers, making the wings "white tipped," are the most common 

 feather markings and those that are the most difficult lo 

 eliminate. 



Such colors as silver and dun are chance or negative coiurs, 

 the same as is yellow that appears as the result of certain color 

 tendency that shows up with the combining of red and yellow 

 with lead color with more or less black or white, but there are 

 no green or purple shades because both green and purple re- 

 quires blue and there is no blue in the feather coloring of 

 pigeons. The bluish color that we see being the result of a 

 mixture of black and white. 



HOW TO BREED YELLOW, DUN OR SILVER 

 COLORED PIGEONS 



Since writing the first edition of this book the author, has 

 carefully studied the question of how to breed yellow, dun or 

 silver colored pigeons that will reproduce these colors and has 

 made conclusive experiments until he has found a positive rule 

 in securing birds in yellow, dun or silvered colors with assured 

 results. 



To start with let me explain that yellow in pigeons is the 

 negative color to red, dun is the negative color to black and 

 silver the negative to blue. To make this more plain, I will 

 designate red, black and blue as positive colors and yellow, 

 dun and silver as negative colors. 



Now and then will be found a pair of red pigeons that will 

 produce occasionally, a yellow offspring which is always a 

 female. Now and then will be found a pair of pure black 

 pigeons which will produce occasionally, a dun offspring which 

 is always a female and now and then will be found a pair of 



