80 THE PIGEON STANDARD. 



THE CAPUCHIN. 



Kather small in bodily proportlous, erect and sprightly in 

 carriage. Broad shell crest at the back of the head extend- 

 ing from ear to ear, but fitting very closely, compactly and 

 evenly to the skull. The head is round and full at the front; 

 the beak short and of moderate substance, and black in col- 

 or; the wattle is white and fine in textui'e; the eye cere is 

 thin and dark in color; the iris of the eye is of the most 

 silvery white. The whole of the body plumage is of the most 

 lustrous dark shade, generally of ebony black, with the ex- 

 ception of the tail and tail coverts, from a line clean cut at 

 the base of the rump, which to the tip of the feathers should 

 be of the purest white. Besides all whole colors there are 

 also barred blues and silvers. 



THK MOOKEE. 



Is a pigeon of peculiar bodily action ; the head and neck 

 are in constant motion. With the excepcion of the crown of 

 the head, extending from the juncture of the mandibles in a 

 straight line with the eyes to the back of the cranium, which 

 is white, and the two or three extreme flight feathers, which 

 are also white, the whole body of the Mookee is generally of 

 lustrous black or red ground color; the carriage is erect, the 

 back of the head ornamented with a very close fitting pointed 

 peak; the eyes are black, the uppei- mandible of the beak 

 should be white, the lower one black. 



THE ANCIENT. 



In flight it has the action of the Tumbler ; in motion it has 

 a slight vibration of the neck, as the Fantail ; in skull forma- 

 tion it has the frontal of theTurbit; in beak it has an ap- 

 proach to the substance of the 0\yl ; in eye cere it has the 

 red fleshy substance of the Barb; in iris it equals the bright- 

 ness of the Cumulet; in foot featjiering it vies with the 

 choicest of Oriental Frills; in marking it is as evenly pied 

 and cut as the Magpie ; in bib or crescent it is as distinctly 

 oval marked as the Pouter is crescept shaped ; in depth and 

 lustre of neck, chest, saddle, rump and tail color it approaches 

 the Archangel ; in body structure and uprightness of carriage 

 it is as compact as the Homer; in hardness and closeness of 

 feather second not even to the choicest Dragoon ; in constitu- 

 tion as hardy as a Bock ; in disposition as merry as a Cropper. 

 It is found in all colors, 



