CHAPTER XXXIII 



WHITE SWISS MONDAINES 



Natives of Switzerland — Ideal Squab Producer and an Excellent Exhi- 

 bition Bird — Description of the Breed, 



The White Swiss Mondaincs arc natives of Switzerland and 

 as far as I have been al)le to ascertain no one knows definitely 

 at wliat time the first importation was made nor who brought 

 these birds to this country first. 



"WHITE SWISS MONDAINE HEN 

 First young, Madison Square Garden 1921, — Bred and owned 

 J. W, Gcddes, Egg Harbor City, N. J, 



by 



The Mondaine is primarily a utility bird though, like the 

 White King, Carneau, and others, it makes an ideal exhibition 

 bird. This breed is fast becoming very popular as a commer- 

 cial producer and each year finds more and more of them used 

 for that purpose. It is rather a large bird being larger than 



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