THE PIGEON STANDARD. 15 



THE SHORT-FACE TUMBLER. 



Shape. — Carriage, erect and sprightly, jaunty when in mo- 

 tion. Neck, broad at base and very slender at the 

 throat, short, arched and the head thrown well back, 

 the head, and feet to appear in a perpendicular line. 

 Chest, liroad and very prominent. Back, slightly 

 and Rump more decidedly arched. Legs, short and 

 elegant. Body, cobby, small, compact and plump. 

 Plights, of medium length and carried below the 

 tail, showing no opening between the one and the 

 other. Tail, rather spreading. 



Head. — Large and round, but shorter from back to front. 

 Frontal, broad, prominent and lofty, slightly bulging 

 forward. Crown, well raised above the eyes and 

 convex. Back of skull, falling in rather shortened 

 slope, but decidedly convex. Jaw and cheeks, wide 

 and abundantly feathered. Beak, short, straight 

 and fine in both mandibles, close fitting, pointed. 

 Wattle and Cere, small, fine in texture. Eye, white, 

 centered low in the head. 



Almonds. — Ground color, rich, sound and even, in tint that 

 of the inside of the shell of the almond nut. Mark- 

 ings, head, neck, chest, rump and wing coverts, even- 

 ly spangled with rich black splashes. Flights and 

 tall showing in uneven patches three distinct colors: 

 almond, black and white. Beak, horn color. 



Kites. — Black or dun ground, the former showing a golden 

 brown shading all over the body, especially uoder 

 the flights and tail web feathering, the latter a yel- 

 lowish golden in the same parts. 



Agates. — Ked or yellow ground color, broken by white feath- 

 ers on the hackle, shoulders and back, the major 

 feathers being dark with light webbing. 



