21 (i Pigeons and All About The^i. 



is daintv in everv wav — daint}' in size, dainty in shape, 

 and daintv in st\le. There is nothing coarse or com- 

 monplace about the Fantail, and this it is, no doubt, 

 ^\hich accounts for its great and increasing popularity. 



The chief points of the white Fantail are : — 



The head should be small, fine and snaky, free 

 from peak or shell. The beak should be thin, flesh 

 colour, and of medium length, the upper mandible 

 slighth curved at the tip. The beak wattle small, and 

 fine in texture. The eve dark hazel or bidl, with verv 

 tine flesh coloitred cere. 



The neck should be thin, nicel_\' cur\-ed and taper- 

 ing well off as it approaches the head, in length cor- 

 responding with length of back, so as to enable the 

 head to rest closelv at the base of the cushion. 



The bod\" points are shape ; .Small and round. 

 Bad-: : Slightly hollowed in centre. Length of back : 

 In proportion to length of neck, enabling the head 

 to rest on the cushion A\"ith ease. Rump : Of sufficient 

 size and strength tcj balance the tail e\"enly. Chest : 

 Round, like a ball. 



The cushion must be full and massive, the 

 feathers at the front and back o\"erlapping each other, 

 and extending ^\"ell up the tail feathers. 



The tail slighth" conca\e, and circular, closeb" 

 filled \\"ith long, broad, e\"enh" set teatliers, well o\'er- 

 lapping each other. 



I'he legs must be mc)deratel\' short, not stiltv, 

 and free Irom feathers below the hocks. The feet 

 small, fine, and neat. The cohjur of legs and feet 

 brigln red. 



The carriage is most important. The bird should 

 stand on tip-toes, and wAk in a jauntx- manner, with 

 its head thrown back in a graceful manner, resting 

 i?Iosely on the cushion : the chest upright, in a straight 

 line ^\"ith the legs ; the «"ings being set on fairh" low 

 and closely braced, \\ath the flights just clearing the 

 lo\\-est tail feathers and almost meeting at the tips. 

 The tail must be carried well up, not being allowed to 

 drop or incline forward, and the legs well apart, the 

 hocks being forced forward bv the action of the bodv. 



