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laced as accurately and as clear black and white as a silver 

 Sebright Bantam. 



!N"ow, as in the Almond, sometimes the darker kinds crop 

 up and sometimes the lighter. It is not well as a rule to cross 

 the plain-shouldered barred varieties, such as Bluettes and 

 Silverettes, with the laced or ticked ones; but the darker 

 varieties of each should be matched to the lighter, as in 

 Almonds; thus mating a dark Satinette to a Brunette, or a 

 dark Bluette to either a light one or a Silverette. In every 

 case endeavour to supply the most absent ingredient, as in 

 Almond breeding. If matches of the proper varieties are 

 scarce, Mr. Caridia strongly warns the breeder not to cross 

 with Turbits, which have coloured shoulders with white tails, 

 and so would destroy tail-marking ; but if an out-cross must be 

 used, to employ either a white Owl with dark tail or a pure 

 white Owl, which will not interfere with marking nearly so 

 much. Crossing with similarly-coloured German toys is useless, 

 as it utterly destroys all the head and frill properties. 



JBlondinettes were produced about the year 1850, Mr. 

 Caridia states by crossing silver and blue Owls with 

 Satinettes. They are, like the Satinettes, both peak-crested 

 and plain-headed. The generic difference between their tribe 

 and that of the Satinettes is in the body-colour ; the heads, 

 necks, breast, thighs, <fec., being of a whole colour, from the Owl 

 cross ; while the Satinette varieties are white, from the Turbit 

 parentage. With this difference, there are in Blondinettes 

 most of the Satinette varieties. There are, for instance, Blues 

 and Silvers with tri-coloured bars, like Bluettes and Silverettes; 

 others with tri-coloured markings, like the true Satinette ; and 

 there is a very pretty variety called Black, which is simply a 

 black lacing on as pure a white ground as possible. They 

 must all have grouse legs, good frills, round heads, and the 

 white spot at the end of the tail-feathers. 



