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droop nor hang down close to the ground but should be carried 

 well up against the body \\ith tips resting on the tail. I do not 

 admire any Runt that carries its wings in such a position that 

 the flights stick up above the tail and a\\ay from it. The general 

 appearance is ruined in my opinion. How much neater and 

 more trim the bii'd would be if its wing tips folded nicely on the 

 tail. That rough appearance would then be eliminated. 



In the White Runts we have a white or pinkish white beak 

 and dark gravel eyes. These two sections in contrast with the 

 red eye cere and pure ^^'hite plumage make a lieautiful sight, 



PRIZE WINNING 'WHITE RUNTS 

 Fii'st bird a AVhite Runt Cock; won first at Sacramento. 191S: first 

 at Memphis, 19 IS; first and best bird in show at Knoxville, 1920; sec- 

 ond at Hagerstown, 1920; second Kansas City, 1920. Second bird a 

 White Runt Coclt; won first at National Pigeon Sliow 1920. Third bird 

 a White Runt hen; won first Los Angeles, Oakland and Sacramento, 

 1917; second 1920 National Pigeon Show; first Memphis 1920; second at 

 Hagerstown, 1920, — c^wned by James R. S. May, Knoxville, Tenn. 



and I feel sure that tlic beauty of this bird has gone a long way 

 toward making it as popular as it is today. The White Rum 

 should be white to the skin. All type points are the same as 

 in the other varieties. 



In the Blue Runts we find a decided change from the Whites 

 in several respects. Here we note the dark beak, in fact so dark 

 as to incline greatly toward lilack. This variety has pearl 

 eyes and damson eye ceres. In plumage coloring the ground 

 color is a deep even shade of blue. Tlie \\'ings show two well 

 defined black bars in either \\'ing and the tail is tipped \\ith a 

 single black bar to match those on the wings. 



