THE PIGEON STANDARD. 47 



THE TURBIT. 



Size. — Small, very full in breast. Flights short and resting 

 above the tail; the latter short and tightly folded. 

 Carriage erect and graceful. 



Peak. — Springing from mane, quite unbroken and ending in 

 a fine point a little above the head. 



Head. — Large and broad, forehead high and round, full 

 above the wattle and prominent over the eyes, being 

 well bulged so as to present a down-faced appear- 

 ance. 



Beak. — Short and thick, the upper mandible having a down- 

 ward tendency. The lower mandible should be 

 straight and fit tightly into the upper. 



Mouth. — Wide with full cheeks below the eyes, the space 

 between the juncture of the mandibles and the eyes 

 to be well filled out. 



Kyes. — Large and prominent, and situated comparatively 

 near the top of the head, but with good distance to 

 the frontal bulge. Color, bull, i. e. dark hazel, large 

 and full. Eye cere, pale flesh color. 



Wattle. — Pair amount, but in no way raising out of the curve 

 of the profile. 



Qullet. — As much as possible, quite filling up the hollow in 

 the throat. 



Frill. — As much as possible, long in feather and firm in tex- 

 ture turning both ways, and extending from the 

 gullet well down into the bi-east. 



Neck.— Broad from fx'ont to back. 



Legs. — Short, showing but little of the thigh. Color bright 

 red. 



Alarkings. — White with colored wings, each having ten white 

 flight feathers. 



Color. — Yellow, red, black and blue, as rich and glossy as 

 possible, the bars of blues to be broad, even and 

 distinct. 



Disqualifications. — Trimming, plucking, coloring or artifi- 

 cial alteration in any way. Appearance of feathers 

 on the legs or feet. Out of condition fx'om disease 

 or any decided deformity. 



JToTE. — It should be observed that ticked blues, chequery or 

 smokey blacks, reds and yellows, must be entered in 

 the classes for standard colors and are not eligihhfor 

 the An I Other Color clans. 



