lOG Pigeons and All About The.m. 



Whites must be a pure dead white, and not show 

 traces of greyness or splashes in plumage. Reds, 

 Yellows, and Whites should have light beaks and 

 ceres. Stained beaks are a common failing. 



The B.\rred V,4.rieties. — Few of the clean- 

 legged Tumblers are barred, yet there are a few Blues, 

 Silvers, ^Mealies, and Chequers to be found amongst 

 them. In the muffed-lcgged x'arieties thev are fairly 

 connnon. 



Blues should be a nice even medium shade of 

 blue, not so soft and lavender-like as the blue of the 

 Owl, and not so dark and hard as the Dragoon colour, 

 l3ut nearer to the latter than the former. General 

 failings are a tendenc}- to lightness on rump, vent, and 

 thighs. 



Silvers should be a soft, silver}' colour, not 

 creamy, but apijroaching the hue of a newh'-minted 

 shilling. The}' generally fail in purity of colour, 

 some being of a creamy tint, others showing a washi- 

 ness or lightness of vent, rump, and thighs. 



Chequers should have the ground colour of 

 whatever hue they may be clear and sound, and be 

 closeh' and evenly chequered all over excepting the 

 neck. Blues and Chequers should ha^'e dark beaks 

 and ceres. The Silvers are generally lighter in cere 

 and beak, but the fancier who can establish a strain 

 with dark ceres and beaks will make for himself a 

 .great name. 



The bars in all colours should be a dense bright 

 lilack, and sharply and distinctly defined. 



Almonds are only few in number and fewer still 

 reach a high standard of merit. The colouring is 

 the same as in the S.F. Almonds. 



Those who wish to know more about the Long- 

 faced Tumblers should consult my book, " Long- 

 faced Tumblers, and All x\bout Them," which is also 

 published by " Pigeons." 



THE 3IUFFS. 



The Muff-legged varieties, which are to be found 

 in all colours, should have a profusion of feathers 

 from the hocks downward, the longer the better, and 

 it should extend to the toes. 



