THE PIGEON STANDAKD. 25 



THE TIPPLER. 



Head. — Eound skull (not too full in front) medium faced, 

 pearl eyes with dark ceres and a dark beak. 



Neck. — Short, stout at shoulders, tapering well up to head. 



Size and Shape. — Medium in size, broad chest and shoul- 

 ders, strong wing butts, body well tapering wedge 

 shape to tip of tail. 



Flights. — Short and broad, well over-lapping each other 

 when expanded, sound in color throughout in the 

 dark and light mottles; a foul secondary may be 

 admissible, but will cause a broken bar and count 

 against it. In the light class the ten primary flights 

 should be soundly tipped. 



Legs and Feet. — Short legs, small feet (bright red in appear- 

 ance) and free from feathers below the hock. 



Condition and General Appearance. — Carriage, sprightly 

 and erect ; hard, short, close and perfect in feather, 

 flight or tail feathers being out and not well through 

 the pen will put a bird back as if it were a foul 

 feather; the whole possessing a rich metallic £heen. 

 Tail feathers should be twelve in number. 



Dark Mottles. — Rich chocolate brown ground, with white 

 markings; solid colored head, neck and body, well 

 and evenly marked on back and wings, flights and 

 tall must be sound in color. 



Light Mottles. — White ground, rich chocolate brown mark- 

 ings, evenly mottled or printed throughout ; flights 

 and tail sound in color. 



Light. — Simply a colored chuck, primary flight and tail 

 feathers, rich chocolate brown to take the lead ; 

 remainder of bird, viz., head, neck, body, wing, 

 including secondaries — i. e., short flight feathers — 

 back and rump, white or clear as possible. 



Self Colors. — To be rich chocolate brown throughout. 



Ditqualifications. — Cutting, plucking or dyeing. 



