214 PIGEONS AXT) ALL ABOUT THEM. 



DEACJOOX iSTANDARLl. 



Head — AN^udge-shaped and Itroad, yet i>roportiouatt' to the 

 stoutness and length of the lieak, slightly curved when view- 

 ed from the side or front, thus showing no angle or extended 

 fiat surface. 



Beak — Thiclv, measuring from the termination of the beak 

 horn to the anterior curner of tlie eye, about li inches. The 

 lower mandible stout, straight and close fitting; the upper 

 also stout, and terminating in a slight curve. 



Wattle — Peg shaped, (. e., broad and perpendicular at its 

 base, narrowing witli even sides and longitudinal furrows 

 towards the point of the upper mandii)lc, but not intruding 

 on the lower. 



Ey?'. Ceke — .'^mall, fine in texture, nearly circular, slightly 

 pinched at the back. 



Eye — Prominent and watchful. In Blues, Silvers, Chequers 

 and Grizzles, the iris of a deep rich red ccdor. Inotherva- 

 rieties, an approximation to this color; exoejit in Whites, in 

 which the iris is dark colored. 



Neck — Short and thick withoni <jiillel. and widening boldly 

 from head to shoulders. 



BuEAsT — Broad and fulL 



Back — Brcjad and as flat as possible; shoulders prominent. 



Wings — Strong, the fiights carried above the tail. 



Tail — Short and running in a line with the back, carried 

 clear of the ground, and extending quite half-an-inch beyond 

 tlie tips of the winL;s. 



LE<is— Short. The thighs stout and muscular. The whole 

 length of the body, frnm the point of the beak to the ex- 

 tremity of the tail, about l.j inches. 



Color — In Bhu>s. The neck dark and lustrous; the body, 

 ruinp and thighs, a leaden blue of uniform shade. 



JI.JiUKiMis — A broad black bar across the end of the tail. 

 'J'wo black tiars, abnul s <i{ an inch, wide, even ami disliiu-t 



