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THE CRESCENT. 

 The Crescent is a creamy white bird with brown wiiifj; bars 

 shaped much li]<e a common turtle dove, witli the same higli 

 forehead and lonj;- beak. The neck is short and body plump, 

 and they are low in the leg. They derive their name from a 

 sort of half-moon on the breast, which is of a ricli cop])cr 

 lustre. They have orange eyes and dark beaks. 



THE STAKLINC. 

 This bird is black, with barred wings and a lialf-nioon on 

 the breast. Sometimes the head is dotted witli white, and 

 this, far from being wrong, is a mark of purity. The eye is 

 red and the beak and nails black. They may ))e either plain 

 or crested, and clean or gi'ouse legged. The great point is 

 distinctive marking. The black must be sound and the bars 

 and crescent very pure. 



T^HE PORCELAIN. 

 These birds are a dark brown on the head, upper neck, 

 back and breast. The tail and flights are darker in color. 

 The same exquisite pencilling that marks the Suabiau, is the 

 great point with the Porcelain. The eye should be orange 

 (but a pearl is admissible) and the beak and nails black. 

 Sometimes, but rarely, they have the very desirable spot in 

 the flights. A sort of chocolate color is what is wanted. 



THE BURMESE. 



The above is an odd jjigeon that can hardly be called beau- 

 tiful. It is a large bird, with a head like a Runt, a very 

 crooked neck, full breast, short back, and an upright tail, 

 which looks as if cut off with a pair of shears. The flights 

 arc short and tilt up and meet just behind the tail. The 

 le"s are stilty, and their walk, when mating, is a sort of tip- 

 toe. They come in all sorts of colors, selfs, mottled and pied. 



About the only use I cap see for the Burmese, is to put it 



