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lost, but birds that are resting dur- 

 ing the winter will fly better in spring. 

 Good Macclesfield Tipplers will fly 

 a very long time, that is if the place 

 they drop on is low. High build- 

 ings near their settling place is a 

 great disadvantage to Tippler flying 

 as the birds are very likely to drop 

 on it away from home, and if this 

 occurs there will be no very long 

 time done with them. A kit of 

 birds that drop on high buildings 

 will not fly so long by three or four 

 hours as a kit that drop on a. low 

 building. A kit that drops on a high 

 building will often sit out all day, 

 and when this takes place they are 

 more trouble than they are worth. 

 It is a great difficulty to breed good 

 Tipplers. It all depends how they 

 are paired together. Birds slightly 

 related will often breed good young 

 ones. The best plan is to try the 

 young ones the old birds breed, if 

 they turn out good flyers let the old 



