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The Silver Runt is a very popular variety of the Runt family 

 and no doubt this is due to its beautiful coloring. We note in 

 this variety a horn colored beak, pearl eyes and flesh colored 

 eye ceres. The plumage coloring is a pale silvery blue or fawn 

 color. Tlie wings show two well defined dark bars across either 

 wing and the tail is tipped with one dark bar of the same shade 

 as the wing bars. 



In the Yellow Runt we have a bird that is very pretty indeed. 

 It is, of course, the same type as the other varieties and differs 

 from them only in coloring. The beak is horn color, the eyes 

 a dark gravel color, approaching black and has an orange iris. 

 In this variety the cere is red. The surface coloring is a rich 

 deep even shade of yellow and must be free from a faded out 

 or mealy appearance. 



The Red Runt is another very popular variety but not so much 

 so as the White and Silver. They are no different from the 

 other varieties in type. The plumage is a rich, deep, even shade 

 of red throughout the surface with a red undercolor and is 

 sound in all sections. The standard desires as little contrast as 

 possible with the shade of neck, back, wings, and breast. This 

 variety has a horn colored beak, dark gravel colored eyes with 

 golden red iris, andl red eye ceres. 



A black pigeon, if it has proper sheen to its plumage, is 

 indeed a beautiful sight. That is just what we find in the Black 

 Runts for their plumage carries a nice lustrous greenish sheen. 

 The beak is black and eyes dark gravel color with golden red 

 iris. The eye cere is damson. 



Dun Runts, as the name signifies, are dun color in all sec- 

 tions, the surface plumage being a dark even color. It is well for 

 the breeder to guard against mottling or creamy color as the 

 standai-d does not desire such. The beak is horn color inclining 

 to white, the eyes dark gravel color and eye ceres flesh color. 



In all varieties the shanks and toes are red. 



The headquarters of the American Runt Pigeon Club is in 

 Washington, D. C, and D. M. Green is the Secretary. 



The headquarters of the National Runt Club is at Hayward, 

 Calif., with Alan G. Curry as Secretary. 



