THE PIGEON STAISTDAED. 21 



THE MUFFED TUMBLER. 



Shape. — Carriage, sprightly upright hold and jaunty. Neck 

 of medium length, inclined to shortness, hroad a^ 

 shoulders, tapeiing gradually to the throat, slightly 

 arched. Body oohby short stout and wedge shaped. 

 Chest, wide and prominent. Plights, closely set, 

 broad, short and carried on tail Tail, closelyfolded 

 and wedge shaped Legs stout, well set and of 

 medium length. Muffs, profuse the outer edge 

 forming a half circle coming in to the hock without 

 break. Feather, clean, close, short and tight fitting. 



Head. — Round, showing no flatness or indentations. Bealc, 

 close fitting, straight set, of medium length and 

 thickness Wattle, neat, fine in texture. Bye, 

 white, centrally placed. Cere, small, fine in texture, 

 flesh color in all varieties. 



Mottles. — Color, sound and even throughout. The wing 

 markings should be white, circular and about the 

 size of a silver dollar. The white featheis should be 

 evenly distributed and the wing butts free from 

 white. The back should be mottled, with an outline 

 forming a Y. Beak, as in Selfs. 



Rose wings. — Same as Mottles, without back markings 



Whitesides. — The whole of the body, including tail and 

 primary flights, should be sound color throughout. 

 The shoulders, wing coverts and secondary flights 

 should be pure white. Beak, as in Selfs. 



Saddles. — Head markings, a snip or blaze up front of face, 

 with full white beard extending from back of eye to 

 back of eye under beak, forming a bib, with dark 

 pear-shaped patches, called whiskers, extending into 

 it from the centre of the lower mandible, also a dot 

 the size of a hempseed over each eye. There should 

 be a white band extending around the body with the 

 exception of a saddle-shaped patch on the back, 

 which is dark, giving the bird the name. Tail in 

 blaclisand blues should be dark, and in reds and 

 yellows either dark or white. Beaki flesh color. 



