92 Fancy Pigeons. 



mandible and head. The line of demarcation must run from the mouth 

 across the eyes, and round tho inside of the crest, which must be, if good, 

 an extensive cupped shell, not lined with tho white, but coloured. The 

 irides, often dark or broken, should be light or dark yellow, according to 

 the plumage. The legs and feet must be well covered with coloured 

 feathers of a medium length. The colours of tho common priest are often 

 excellent, and reds have been shown of late, not inferior in colour to any 

 red pigeons I have ever seen. 



The double crested priest is found in all coloui's, like tho preceding. 

 The second crest, or trumpeter's rose on the forehead, falling over the 

 nostrils, assumes various shapes, being either in the form of a flower, 

 rayed from its centre, or a small twisted up tuft of feathers. So long 

 as it is symmetrical, and not all to one side, any form will do, as it is not 

 expected to be developed as in the trumpeter. 



The white-stockinged priest has, in addition, the feathers of the logs 

 and feet white, but tho thigh, belly, and vent feathers must remain coloured. 



The white-barred priest may have white or coloured stockings, with 

 white wing bars, which with the blue ground colour are bordered with 

 black. Reds and yellows so barred are rare, and cannot be got so fine in 

 colour as in tho original breed. 



The white-flighted wliite-barrcd priest is liko the preceding, but has the 

 ten primaries white. The blues have received the name ofbluoBruns- 

 wicks in this country. 



The white-flighted, barred and tailed priest is like the preceding, with 

 a white tail, and occurs almost always in black or blue. 



The starling-barred, white-flighted and tailed priest is said by 

 Neumeister to be the most beautiful of the priests. He says, " It is ex- 

 ceedingly rare, and only to be met with in the districts of HohenzoUern 

 and the Upper Neckar, and only with a black plumage and unfcathered 

 feet." I have never seen this kind, so cannot describe it more fully. 



There are also priests wliich have mirrored or finched flights, i.e., with 

 triangular or rounded white spots near the extremities of the flight feathers, 

 like some blondinettes. These spots appear after the first moult, and tho 

 bar feathers are similarly marked. 



