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Face." The commonest colour is in blacks, bui they are 

 found in whites, reds, and yellows, with a considerable 

 amount of bloom and sheen round the neck. 



Show Tipplers. 



I have to thank Mr. J. Colgrove, a most enthusiastic 

 breeder and successful fancier of this variety, for the 

 following article on the subject : 



The Show Tippler has been made by careful selec- 

 tion and crossing from the old Flying Tippler, and the 

 well-balanced standard of shape first laid down has kept 

 out any of the exaggeration of shape seen in several 

 varieties. It is a well-balanced bird in every respect, a 

 free breeder, a good feeder, and very hardy ; in fact, it 

 will live and keep in show condition in surroundings that 

 would kill many varieties. 



There are four sub-varieties, the Light Mottle, the Dark 

 Mottle, the Self, and the Chuck or Light. They all have 

 several points similar in all four varieties, viz., shape, 

 which is very similar to the Long-faced Tumbler, but they 

 should be smaller, shorter in feather, broader in chest, 

 and not quite so large in head, black beak, white eye, 

 finished off with a fine dark cere. The colour now sought 

 after is a bright chestnut-brown, especially on rump and 

 tail. The ten primary flights must be a sound brown 

 tipped with black. The tail also must carry a black 

 bar. Good colour is one of the most difficult points to 

 obtain and also to retain. 



Light Mottles are the most numerous in the show pen. 

 They should be evenly mottled with brown feather on a 

 white ground, say two white feathers to one brown. The 

 body, head, and wings should be mottled with the excep- 

 tion of rump and tail, which should be brown. The 

 flights and secondaries should be sound brown, so that 



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