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color and the fine textured wattle extends nearly down to the 

 tips of the mandibles. 



The body, as said before, is short coupled having a short, 

 stout neck blending well into wide shoulders. The breast is 

 prominent, of good width and well roiuided. In a continuation 

 of the slope of the back we see a rather short tail. The legs 

 are short and well proportioned. 



The wing primaries or flights are long and rest on top of the 

 tail. 



The American Barb and Carrier CIuIj is the specialty club for 

 this breed. 



OWLS 



With tills breed we take still another type, it being decidedly 

 different from any of the other fancy breeds mentioned. 



The head of the Owl is large and massi\e. It is circular in 

 shape, in fact a fidl front vic\\- cif the head presents a marked 

 circle. From a siile ^iew tlier(^ is an unljroken circular curve 

 from beak to the back skull. The liead is a \ cr.\' important 

 section in breeding Owls as it cdunts more than any other 

 section of the liird when judged liy scoring. The eye is large, 

 circular and is set practicalh' in llie center of the side of the 

 head. In all of the colored hii'ds the ('\e is currant red, except 

 in pieds which have either liuU or gravel colored eyes and 

 whites which have either l)ull or claret. The eye cere is small 

 and fine in texture. The cere is dark in blue checkers, blacks 

 and blues, a lighter shade in all other colored birds and flesh 

 color in whites. Tlie beak is very short and thick and the upper 

 mandilde is a continuation of the circular forehead, from side 

 view on its top. In color the beak is found to be black, light 

 horn color and flesh color varying with the variety. This breed 

 has a very small wattle that is flue in texture and powdery 

 white in color. The Owl has a very marked gullet which fills 

 in what would otherwise be a very hollow place at the throat. 



On the front of the neck and extending well down on to the 



