The Breeds of Pigeons. 209 



The neck should be short and thick, with the peak 

 rising up clean and compact to a sharp needle point, 

 ihe gullet should be full and prominent, and extend 

 from the under mandible to the frill, which should be 

 well fc-athered and partake of the formation of a rose. 



The bod)' should not be large, vet not so small 

 as to impair the constitution. In shape it should be 

 cobb5', round, and plump, the chest broad and full, 

 with close-fitting shoulders, short, well carried flights 

 and short tail. The legs must also be short vet carry 

 the body in a bold, upright jaunty manner, "the head 

 being well poised. 



The body colour of the Turbit is white, with 

 coloured shoulder markings, and according to the 

 colour of the shoulders do we get the style or name of 

 the Turbit— Black, Blue, Red, Yellow^ vSilver, Dun, 

 Strawberry, INIealy, with their corresponding chequers. 

 Blacks are the most numerous, and, speaking gener- 

 ally, are the best develop^ed in head points, although 

 during the last few years some wonderful skulled Blues 

 have appeared. Reds and Yellows are far behind in 

 skull and beak, which is strange considering how 

 beautiful they are in other respects. 



The faults which Turbit breeders have to contend 

 with most strenuously are thinness and straightness 

 of beak, narrowness and flatness of frontal, shelly 

 peak, lack of gullet and frill, foul thighs, and 

 " bishoped," or undermarked shoulders. 



THE M.^GPIE. 

 This is one of the Aarieties ^\■hich, during llie 

 t\\entieth century, has come with a rush. It is a 

 Pigeon of manv charms, attracting by its beautiful 

 marking, its richness of colour, and its graceful shape 

 .'ind carriage. That its beauties are highly appreciated 

 is shown hv its wide distribution, the large number 

 oi cLasses given to it, and the splendid average of 

 entries which fill them in all parts of the country. 

 Years ago the stronghold of the variety used to be in 

 the West, but of recent years that supremacy has 

 been undermined and captured by the East and North. 

 Still the ^A'est is not b}- any means a played out force. 



