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rally in the middle of summer, when 

 the sun is tremendously hot, it is the 

 best plan to fly them when the sun 

 is going down, or early in the morn- 

 ing before it gets so powerful. The 

 old birds will fly better when their 

 young ones are a fortnight or three 

 weeks old than any other time they 

 are breeding, About half a dozen 

 strong early-bred young ones will 

 make a great improvement to a kit 

 of tumblers. It is the best plan to 

 train the young ones with the old 

 birds as soon as they can fly. 



These birds will fly for hours when 

 they have thoroughly moulted. 

 August or September is generally 

 the time they begin to show their 

 flying qualities. Hen birds will not 

 fly so well as the cocks while they 

 are breeding, but they fly well for 

 about a fortnight, when the young 

 ones do not require keeping warm. 

 Shortly after that time the hen will 

 lay again, and that prevents her 



