The Straight Back and Tail. 



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towards " circling," as it is sometimes termed. A model, cast in bronze, the accredited standard 

 for the year of one of the Flemish societies,' of which an illustration is furnished in Fig. 55, 

 stands before us, and also exhibits the straight back with the tail in a continuous straight hne. 



FIG. 55. — BELGIAN BKONZE MODEL. 



This formation is not depicted in Fig. 54, which is nevertheless a life-study of a bird which could 

 do almost anything in regard to " position." 



But our birds are now nicely steadied, and approaching them quietly, first divesting ourselves 

 of our tall hat, an object of dislike to a sensible Belgian— an evidence of its superior intelli- 



