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In Badges the body is solid in color, except for the 

 flights and muffs, which are white. The head markings, 

 from which the name is derived, consist of a white bib, as 

 in the Beard, with the addition of two small, pear-shaped 

 markings extending downward from the lower mandible. 

 There is also a small white dot over each eye and a narrow 

 white stripe, known as the " blaze," on the forehead. 



Saddles have the head markings of Badges, but the color 

 on the back is confined to the scapular feathers, making 

 a heart-shaped mark, and leaving most of the wing white. 

 The color on the breast is cut off at a sharp line near the 

 point of the breast-bone, leaving the entire underparts and 

 muffs white. The rump also is white, while the tail is dark 

 in blacks and blues, a«d either colored or white in reds and 

 yellows. 



The Tippler 



The Tippler is the high-flyer par excellence. Originally 

 bred in the town of Macclesfield, Staffords^re, England, 

 from ancestors now unknown, it undoubtedly is of the Tum- 

 bler family, many specimens still exhibiting this trait. The 

 typical Tippler is the old-fashioned " print," a nearly white 

 bird, with dark flights and tail, and the 'head and body 

 lightly sprinkled with bronze or brownish feathers. Fur- 

 ther crosses with Tumblers have produced dun, grizzle, blue 

 and silver barred, and various other colors. In form the 

 Tippler conforms in general to the type of the Clean-leg 

 Tumbler. 



Tipplers are noted for their easy, graceful wing action and 

 the height and length of their flight. A good kit will often 

 ascend in spirals until it is entirely lost from view, and will 

 remain for hours at this great height. The sport of Tippler 

 flying is exceedingly popular in England and is gaining head- 

 way in this country. The record length of time flown is 



