182 PK4E0NS AND ALL A150UT TIIEJL 



Saddles — Black, Blue, Red aud Yellow. The two former 

 to be dark tailed; the two latter to be dark or light tailed. 

 Head markings — A sniji or blaze up front of face, with a full 

 white beard exteuding from back of eye to back of eye under 

 beak, forming a bib; with the dark patches running pear 

 shaped into it from the centre of lower mandible, the latter 

 called whiskers. In addition, a dot over each eye about the 

 size of a hemp seed, with a white band extending around, 

 with the exception of a lieart shajie on the Ijack, which is 

 dark, giving the bird tlie name. 



Badge.s — .Same as .Saddles except l)ody color, which should 

 be dark except foot feathering and ten lower flights which 

 should l)e white. Head marks same as Saddles. 



Regarding tlie breeding for "markings," of Mottles and 

 Rosewings, F. H. McCardie says 



"The tendency of strong healthy birds of good color is to 

 throw birds with less markings than themselves. The ten- 

 dency of a weak and inbred strain, or unhealthy birds is to 

 jjroduce plenty of markings. If you can get a strong healthy 

 liird gaily marked on the wings only, that is the bird on 

 which yqu can found the markings of your strain. Inexper- 

 ienced fanciers would throw such a bird out, instead of 

 treasuring it as it deserved. This, paired to a short marked 

 bird, a self nuirked-brcd is the most likely way to breed a 

 well marked bird. 



Two short-marked or standard marked birds are most like- 

 ly to In-eed selfs, unless closely related and gaily bred. 



It is the most successful plan to pair so as to strike an 

 average rather than trying to get like to produce like. 



Do not breed too much for one point, but keep the general 

 average imprnvini;-. The value of the dilferent points is 

 about ecjual, and a liird perfect in one imint and poor in tho 



