298 FANCY PIGEONS. 



"The Beak thick at its base, and so continuing for about 

 half its length, thence gradually lessening in calibre. Mea- 

 surement from the termination of the beak horn to the ante- 

 rior corner of the eye, not less than l|in. The lower man- 

 dible, stout and straight ; the upper, also thick, and terminat- 

 ing in a slight curve. 



"The Beak-wattle peg-shaped i.e., broad and perpendicular 

 at its base, narrowing with even sides and longitudinal fur- 

 rows towards the point of the upper mandible, but not in- 

 truding on the lower. 



"The Eye-wattle small, not fleshy, nearly circular, slightly 

 pinched at the back. 



"The Eye prominent and watchful. In blues, silvers, 

 chequers, and grizzles, the irides of a deep rich red colour. 

 In other varieties, an approximation to this colour, except 

 in whites, in which the iris is dark coloured. 



"The Neck of medium length, neither thin nor gulleted at 

 the head, and widening boldly at the shoulders. 



"The Breast broad, the Shoulders prominently denned. 



" The Back nearly straight, neither hollow nor hogged. 



"The Wings strong, the Flights carried slightly above the tail. 



"The Tail running in a line with the back, carried clear of 

 the ground, and extending quite half-an-inch beyond the tips 

 of the wings. 



" Measurement of the Leg, from the hock to the foot, about 

 IJin. The Thigh stout and muscular. The whole length of the 

 Dragon, from the point of the beak to the extremity of the tail, 

 about 15in. 



"Colour in Blues. The Neck dark and lustrous; the Body, 

 Bump, and Thighs, a leaden blue of uniform shade. Markings 

 A broad black bar across the end of the tail. Two black bars, 

 about i of an inch wide, even and distinct, running trans- 

 versely from top to bottom of each wing, in the form of the 

 letter Y inverted. Colour of beak, black. Colour of eye- 

 wattle, a deep blue-grey. 



