THE CAM PINES 



portant, and yet i have seen it largely disregarded by 

 specialist judges. The gray bar is a fatal fault, and I 

 would never breed from such a bird, even if he looked a 

 picture of beauty. I have seen birds win under specialist 

 judges with this fault, birds that I would not use in the 



should not find their way into the money, and should be 

 discarded as breeders. I have spoken of the body mark- 

 ings first, because I consider them most important. I 

 divide the plumage into three parts — (1) hackle, (2) 

 breast, and (3) saddle and tail, and I have placed them 



breeding pen even if they were sent me as a gift. I have in order of difficulty of attainment, though i really think 

 been surprised myself sometimes to find what I consid- (1) and (2) are about equally easy. Any man who wants 

 ered almost a waster, that I had sent in only to make to breed good Campines must look first to the color and 

 the number up, finishing well in the money, and my regularity on top, wing bar, saddle and tail. In breed- 

 best bird somewhere amongst the "condemned" or card- ing, if you hit that, you will find it easy to combine with 

 less. The black should be covered with beetle-green it a good white hackle or a good breast, but I have not 

 sheen, which gives the bird a magnificent iridescent ap- yet had the three together with each nearly perfect. Now, 

 pearance in the sunshine, and the contrast between the why do I say the top, wing bar and saddle are the most 

 silvery white and the sheen really makes the beauty of difificult? See illustration, page ' S, and you will see 

 the breed. Sometimes the sheen is purple, and such_ birds these were originally white, and the potentiality in the 



bird is towards whiteness 

 there. A bird with good 

 hackle and good breast, 

 but weak on the parts men- 

 tioned, is at best a poor 

 one, not hard to breed, but 

 useless as a breeder. Such 

 birds have sometimes won. 

 It is not my intention to 

 explain the mating of Cam- 

 pines, but only to give cer- 

 tain suggestions for the 

 breeder to work out him- 

 self scientifically. 



I have said enough about 

 the plumage, and will turn 

 to other points. In type I 

 insist on a good carriage 

 in the cock, and a well- 

 rounded breast in both sex- 

 es. Looking down upon 

 the bird, I like a wedge- 

 shaped individual, broader 

 across the shoulders than 

 across the saddle. I like 

 a fairly long back, and the 

 saddle well finished with 

 feathers. The tail should 

 be well developed, fan- 

 shaped in the females, and 

 in the male furnished with 

 two long sickles. It should 

 incline 40 deg. to the hor- 

 izontal. The head points 

 now require attending tn. 

 We have hitherto spoken 

 of the body markings, and 

 have not touched on these 

 points. I like the comb 

 to be well set on the head, 

 and where it leaves it to 

 proceed slightly under the 

 horizontal, as if it meant to 

 follow the nape of the 

 neck, but thought better of 

 it. There should be five or 

 six serrations, and these 

 should be pencil and not 

 wedge shaped. The comb 

 should be medium, of fine 

 texture, and free from 

 creases of all kinds. I like 



Rev. E. Lewis Jones; hi.-s home in the Welsh hills; a birrl's-eye view of the 

 rectory and poultry farm; a shipment of Campines at the railway station, cooped for 

 exportation to his American agent, J. Fred N. Kennedy, and some of the beautiful 

 birds that Rev. Jones has bred. 



