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evenly mottled on a dark brown ground from butts to 

 what is termed the second bar, which is the next row of 

 feathers to flights and secondaries. These should be a 

 good, sound chestnut-brown. To get this bar sound, with 

 plenty of markings on wings and a sound under-body 

 colour and no white over nose, will give plenty of scope 

 for the breeders' art. 



The Self bids fair to become the most popular variety. 

 At present they are too large. It should be one even 

 chestnut-brown from head to bar on tail, sound under- 

 neath, and carry the whitest of eyes with a very black 

 beak and fine black cere, not having the markings of the 

 other varieties. A gravel-coloured eye, a light beak, or 

 bad wide cere should not be tolerated in a Self. 



The Chuck or Light is a white-bodied bird with the 

 exception of a crescent-shaped chuck or beard, and the ten 

 primary flights and tail, which should be a good brown, 

 with the Tippler's cardinal points of black tips to flights, 

 bar on tail, black beak, cere and toenails. The Chuck 

 is just the contrary to the Beard Tumbler; where the 

 Beard is dark the Chuck is white, and vice versa. Good 

 Chucks are still very scarce. 



All fanciers of this variety should obtain one of the 

 new Standards issued by the United Tippler Club. 



The Trumpeter. 



The Trumpeter is hardly as popular as it used to be, 

 which is probably due to the fact that the strains in exist- 

 ence have been dying out, and there is hardly a known 

 variety of pigeon that would make a useful cross with the 

 breed. The bird is really regarded as more of a curiosity 

 in Pigeondom than a variety. The favourite colour is the 

 Black, which is mottled on the scapular feathers and wing 

 with a rose, somewhat similar to the Mottled Tumbler. 



