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mark, which often rung too large, and which, when blue in colour, as it 

 very often is, considerably spoils the appearance of a bird. Small 

 triangular chequers of purple black are very pleasing on the flesh- 

 coloured ground, and even small blue markings are pretty ; but when 

 the general appearance is more blue than flesh coloured the effect is 

 spoiled. The tail and its coverts should be as in a blue chequered 

 pigeon, and on the black bar at the extremity of each primary tail 

 feather there ought to be a large round white spot, which gives a 

 fine effect when the tail is out-spread. The shaft of the tail feather 

 should be dark throughout, and this has also a nice effect, running 

 through the white spot. 



The brunette bears the same relation to the satinette as a silver does 

 to a bine pigeon. Its ground colour should be of a silvery dun tint, each 

 feather being laced or chequered with dark dun. Its taU is much the 

 same colour as that of a silver pigeon, and the bar at its extremity should 

 show the same large round white spot as in the satinette. Its more 

 correct name would be dun-laced or spangled satinette, according to the 

 style of its marking. 



The bluette, or blue satinette, is of an even clear blue on the 

 shoulders, with white wing bars, which ought to be laced with intense 

 black, and also have an inner lacing of a red or dark flesh colour. The 

 tail is the same as in the satinette, or a shade lighter. 



The silverette, or silver satinette, should be of an even clear silvery 

 dun on the shoulders, with white wing bars laced round with dark dun, 

 and if there is an inner lacing of buff or yellow, so much the better. 

 It bears the same relation to the bluette as the brunette does to the 

 satinette. The tail is of the same colour and marking as in the latter, 

 or a shade lighter. 



These four varieties may be interbred occasionally, but, if it be 

 intended to follow after the laced marking in the satinette, the bluette 

 and eUverette cannot assist it. So many shades of colour appear in the 

 breeding of satinettes, that care must be exercised in the selection of 

 stock. A bird with excessive lacing or spangling must be paired 

 with one too lightly marked. This plan is, however, less likely to pro- 

 duce a large proportion of well coloured young ones, than by pairing 

 two birds which are themselves nearly of the desired colour. I think if 

 the breeding of satinettes were to extend in this country that either the 



