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minutely, and should any of them 

 drag behind or drop before the kit, 

 those birds should be kept down. 

 Perhaps illness may be the cause of 

 it, and a bird that is nesting will oc- 

 casionally do this. Sometimes young 

 cocks, when they have just got 

 paired, will leave the kit and drop, 

 but when they do this I always con- 

 sider the bird is not so good as it 

 should be. The only remedy I can 

 recommend is not to fly the pair to- 

 gether keep either the cock or the 

 hen down until the hen has layed, 

 and then it will very likely make an 

 alteration in their flying. 



HOW TO TRAIN A KIT OF 

 HIGH - FLYING TUMBLERS 

 FOR A MATCH IN SPRING. 



First of all, twelve of the best 

 birds should be chosen out of the 

 stock, and put in a place by them- 

 selves. This place must be clean 



