204 Pk;ei)xs and Ali, About Them. 



into all the points and properties of these exceedingly 

 handsome birds. Therefore, I should content my- 

 self by g-iving the r>roperties connnon to all, and give 

 a short description of the most popular and common 

 of the \-arieties. 



In size, shape, and carriage they are similar to the 

 English Turbit. The beak should be short, thick, 

 and slightly curved. The beak wattle very small and 

 fine in texture. The head rotrnd, with an unbroken 

 outline from the beak to the back of the skull. The 

 gullet should be full and long. The frill long and 

 abttndant in feather, and opening well out. The peak 

 fine, and carried well irp to a needle point. 



The S.vtixette. — The blue-laced Satinette was 

 the first of the Orientals to command attention from 

 English fanciers, and is to-day the most largel}' bred. 

 Its body colorir sh(")uld be white, with tri-coloured 

 slioulders, the ground colour of which should be white 

 with clear, sharp lacing of a purplish or reddish brown, 

 but very few are pure in ground colour, the majority 

 show a pink_\' shade. Some birds are chequered at 

 the extremit}- of each of the shoulder feathers with 

 a triangular mark. This is called arrow-ponited, and 

 such birds are more highly esteemed than those that 

 are just plainly laced. Coarse or blotchy lacing is a 

 great fault. The tail shottld be dark in colour, with 

 a cleanly cut white spot on each feather close to the 

 end. A well-marked tail is a great featiire of the 

 blue-laced variety, but the black-laced and dun-laced 

 have plain tails, except that the shaft of the feathers 

 is dark, and the tail coverts are laced. Satinettes 

 are both plain-headed and peaked. 



Brtxettes, Bluettes, .\ND Silverettes are sirb- 

 \-arieties of the Satinette, differing only in colour and 

 marking. The Brunette should have a silver tail, 

 and the ground colour of the shotilders should be of a 

 silvery (lun tint. The Bluette should be of an even 

 blue colour on the shoulders, with white wing bars, 

 laced Avith black, and an inner lacing of a darker flesh 

 or red tint. The tail shoitld be as in the Satinette. 

 The Silverette should be of a silvery ground colour 

 on the shoulders, with white wing bars, laced with 



