FANCY BREEDS 



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For the true fancier, who breeds his birds purely for the love 

 of them, this breed offers most unusual opportunities. 



The head of the English Pouter is small and dove shaped with 

 straight mandibles, the upper slightly overlapping the lower 

 one at the tip. In colors we find the beak black, horn and flesh 

 varying with the varieties. The eyes are nicely proportioned 

 to the size of the head and in colors arc bull in whites while all 

 other varieties liavo cither orange or red. 



"AMBASSADOR"— ENGLISH POUTER COCK 

 From the BrOAvndale Strain. Bred by L. N. Smith, Minneapolis, Minn. 



The neck is long and slender and carries that section which 

 makes the breed so distinctive, namely, the globe. It is this 

 globe which the bird inflates or puffs up like a toy-balloon. A 

 Pouter without a good sized or well proportioned globe is not 



