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shaped, a very good description indeed. The mandibles are 

 stout and straight and should show as little wattle as possible 

 on the lower one, — how different from the wattle of the Carrier 

 this section is. The color of the beak varies with the varieties 

 of the breed, there being three beak colors namely, horn color, 

 black and flesh color. The cere is small, firm and circular. 

 Like the beak the color of the cere varies with the varieties and 

 we find damson and flesh color. The eye is prominent and we 

 have in this breed ruby, bull, and red iris. 



The breast is broad and well rounded. The back is broad 

 and sweeps off toward the tail narrowing from shoulders to 

 the rump. The tail is in a continuation of the line of the back 

 yet carried clear of the ground. The wings are well developed 

 and as the slioulders are quite broad there is a sign of muscular 

 power. The wing butts sliould not stand out from the body at 

 front. Flights rest on top of the tail. The neck is of medium 

 length. Legs are of good size and well set imder the body. 



The American Dragoon Club is the specialty club for this 

 breed of which H. B. Behrens of Philadelphia is Secretary. 



TURBITS 



For many years the writer has been a very great admirer of 

 Turbits and sometimes I wonder why I have never bred them. 

 These little birds are very attractive and have a great many 

 admirers at every show. 



The head of the Turbit is large and broad with a high and 

 prominent forehead. The cheeks are well bulged giving a 

 "down-faced" appearance. The beak is short and thick, the 

 upper mandible being a continuation of the curvature of the 

 forehead as seen from side view. The wattle is small and fits 

 close so as not to break the curvature of the forehead when 

 viewed from the side and is fine in texture. The eyes are 

 large and prominent and are encircled by pale flesh colored 

 eye-ceres which are fine in texture. The eyes are bull. The 

 Turbit shows much gullet. 



