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and foul thighs allowed, as he says is the case in Turkey, foul 

 wing butts are no difficulty whatever. The Triganica Magpie 

 has coloured nights, in addition to all the marking of the 

 Yizor and Domino. Foul under body is not allowed in Tri- 

 ganicas, according to the Italian writers, and I have both 

 seen and bred them without a foul feather underneath. I 

 think, therefore, that it only requires the attention of Turkish 

 breeders, to enable them to eradicate foul under body in their 

 pigeons, and they certainly require it. 



The irides in coloured-headed Turkish Frilled Pigeons should 

 be orange; in white-headed ones they should be dark hazel, 

 as in our Turbits. Turbiteens, when heavily head marked, have 

 sometimes orange eyes, which look very well. Many, however, 

 have broken irides, which are decidedly faulty. 



As regards the frill on the breast, the Turkish varieties are 

 about on a par with our Turbits and Owls. They are certainly 

 not, on an average, better than them. In this beautiful and 

 distinctive property much, therefore, remains to be done for 

 them, if we are to take the frill of the Whiskered Owl as our 

 standard. 



The Satinette Pigeon. 



This beautiful variety is grouse-legged, and usually smooth- 

 headed, though a few have lately been imported with peaked 

 crests. It is coloured- shouldered and tailed, and the rest of 

 its plumage ought to be white. As for its wing marking, it 

 ought to be similar to that of the Turbit, and foul under body, 

 coloured primary flights, white secondaries, and white wing 

 butts, are all as faulty in it as in the Turbit. In addition to the 

 colour of the Satinette proper, there are several others found 

 in the breed, some of which have received special names, 

 while it would have been less confusing to have retained the 

 generic name for all, prefixing a word to distinguish them, 

 as, for instance, Blue Satinette, instead of Bluette. 



The Satinette is an old breed, according to Mr. Caridia, 



