PIGEOXS AND ALL AUOIi'l' TllEM. 



OWL STANDxi_RD. 



Size OF Body — To be governed liy weiglil,; tlie Euglisb 

 Owl to weigh not less than eleven ounces ; the Afriean and 

 Chinese Owl to weigh not more than ten ounces. 



Sii Ai'E OF Body — Chest broad ; neck rather short and thick, 

 but symmetrically shaped; wing-butts and shoulders well 

 lucked in, giving a rounded appearance; tlights and tail 

 r.ither short ; plumage very tight and close; body ])lumii, 

 aud standing low in the smaller varieties. 



Cauhiage — Upright, with the head thrown rather liack, 

 showing a broad and prominent breast; bold and active. 



Skui.i- — Short, broad, and globular, nicely rounded in 

 every direction, and free from any narrowness behind the 

 beak, or liat on top. 



13E.VK — Short and thick, with an even downward curve, 

 formiug continuation of curve ot the skull, with the upper 

 mandible hanging over the lower. The more these points 

 are observable the l)etter. The lower mandible stout, meet- 

 ing and litting well into the upper. 



Beak wattle — Smooth, rather full and even on eacli side; 

 neatly made, and to rise high from the beak, as its projec- 

 tion fills up and rounds off the even convex prolile, called 

 "down-face;" free from any straight lines or dent. 



Eves — Prominent and very full set in center of side of 

 head. 



Gullet ok Dew-lap — Should be as full and deep as iios- 

 sible, commencing at tip of lower mandible, and reaching 

 down the throat to the frill. 



FuiLL — Ample, and well-developed as possible; oval in 

 shape, and reaching from gullet to breast; the feathers curl- 

 inn- in every direction, and nicely jjarted from the center, 

 forming the "rose.'' 



In the Chinese Owl the frill differs; instead of stopping at 

 the gullet, it parts and extends up on each side of the neck 



