i-iS l'l(,K(i.\S AND Al,]. Allor'J TIIKM. 



It is in the hocks tluit trouble geiieially begins, for the 

 head maj' be solid and coirect, the wings the same, and yet 

 we find little discolovations creeping into the hock feathers. 



Again, while the swallows of long ago were all solid mark- 

 ed, save the lihies, which had lilack wing bars, modern 

 fanciers are now producing beautiful whUc barred birds in 

 all colors. 



The perfect bird has tlie marking ot the back so complete 

 that when the wings are folded, there is ,i perfect white flat- 

 iron, in .shape, on the back. 



They should be as snuill as possible, as it is generally ad- 

 mitted that the smaller a toy bird can be bred the better. 

 They should be broad in chest, short neck, nice flat, broad 

 back, and a regular wtdge-shaped taper clear to the end of 

 the tail. They stand lo\y, seemingly in a ciouching position, 

 but the head is a dove shape (/. r. round, not flat.) 



The marking of the head should run diiectly in a line with 

 the beak opening, but the mark line slmuld not affect the 

 eye, but be just over it. The upper mandible of (he beak 

 will thus be colored and the lower one white. The crest is 

 a regular cup shajie and should extend from eye to eye, pure 

 white, without a discoloration, and if there can be a little 

 "rose" at each end of the crest, so much the better. 



