266 BIRDS 



much use is made of selfs and splashes or " gay " birds/ 

 Mottle-bred, although standard Mottles often breed well 

 together. Rosewings are similar to Mottles, but lack the 

 back markings. 



Balds are found in most colors. The head, to a sharply- 

 defined line, starting just under the lower mandible, is 

 white, as are the rump, tail and flights. These last should 

 be ten on each side. The thighs and abdomen, to a straight 

 line across the breast, should be white. Present-day Balds 

 are very deficient in color properties, at least in blacks, 

 reds and yellows. 



Beards have the head colored, except for a white mark 

 under the beak, which extends from eye to eye. The upper 

 mandible is dark, the lower light. Tail, wings and under- 

 parts are white, as in Balds. 



Whitesides are found only in reds and yellows, all efforts 

 to produce blacks having failed. These are lovely birds, 

 solid colored throughout, except for all of the wing coverts 

 and the secondaries, which are pure white, thus making the 

 markings exactly opposite to that of the Turbit. White- 

 sides are solid in color when they leave the nest, the white 

 appearing at the first molt. 



Muffed Tumblers are now very popular, and rapid strides 

 are being made in their improvement. They resemble the 

 Clean-legs in all, except that the legs and toes are heavily 

 enveloped in feathers. The longest of these should be three 

 to four inches in length, the whole being arranged in cir- 

 cular form. A tuft of stiff feathers, arising from just 

 above the hock or heel, is also found in Muffs. 



Muffed Tumblers occur in the usual solid colors, chiefly 

 red, yellow, black, white, blue and silver. There are also 

 black, red and yellow Mottles and Rosewings, also red and 

 yellow Whitesides. Beards are marked as in clean-legs, 

 and in muffs there are also Badges and Saddles. 



