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when closed they form what is termed by fanciers one 

 sound bar. This sound bar on a bird carrying a mottled 

 head and underneath mottling is very hard to breed. 



LIGHT MOTTLE TIPPLER (" WORRY "), CHALLENGE CUP 



PALACE, SPECIALS HANLEY, MANCHESTER, AND 



LOUGHBOROUGH, I907, FIRST BIRKENHEAD 



AND MANCHESTER, igo8. BRED AND 



EXHIBITED BY JOSEPH COLGROVE. 



The Dark Mottle is a bird with mottled wings on a 

 sound body. The head, breast, underneath, and thighs 

 should be one nice uniform brown. The wings should be 



