PKiEOXS AND ALL ADOUT THEM. 1:,7 



THE TURBIT. 



THIS is a justly ijopuhiv variety. Fur iiuat cuutuui, 

 pretty markings, and a general high-bred and dainty 

 appearance, it has few equals. It is one of the old 

 standard varieties and has been bred for many years. Out 

 ijfithave grown a host of "made" birds; but the Turbit i.: 

 the foundation of them all. It shows it, for no matter how 

 we attempt to disguise them, the Turbit properties stand out 

 boldly. The Turbit is a small bird, in fact much of its 

 dainty apijcaranee is due to its diminutive stature. It has 

 a short, round body, full and jjrominent chest, slmulders 

 well tucked in, flights short and resting on the tail, w hieli i;; 

 also short and closely folded The head is large in jiriipcir- 

 tion to its body. It is round, very full above the eyes, and 

 a side view should present a curve from the back of head 

 clear around to the tip of beak. It has a peak and a mane, 

 also a fi'ill on the breast. 



The peak is a delicate piiint, rising just back of the head 

 centre, and the mane goes well down the back of the neck. 

 In the old standards a shell crest was admissable ; but the 

 latest standard, 1898, calls for a "point." The beak is short, 

 t'.iiek and strong, and the tipper mandible sets in a curve 

 over the lower, which lits tightly in. 



The face is broail, with puffy cheeks, and the eyes are full 

 and prominent. The iieak wattle is small, but well defined; 

 and must not rise s(j liighastd break the jierfect curve of 

 the head. 



The frill is double, turning back both ways. It should be 

 full as possible and taper nicely into points on each side of 

 the gullet, which latter Is fall and extends from lower beak 

 down to the frill. Tlie neck is nattirally full tor so small a 



