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THE PRACTICAL PIGEON KEEPER. 



down to the bottom of the gullet, which is well developed. 

 The shouldere are blue, as in the Turbit, with white bars 

 edged with black, a shade of brown sometimes occurring between 

 the white and black. It will be seen at once that this is 

 almost exactly the marking of the Bluette. The back is white, 

 the tail blue from a line across the rump, merging into black 

 at the end, where there is a round white spot on each feather ; 

 all the rest white. Silvers resemble blues save in the ground 

 colour, and are bred with them. Blacks resemble blues except 

 that the shoulders are solid, like English Turbits ; the head 

 and other markings are the same, but the white tail-spot is 

 difficult to get. Vizors are said not to breed very true. 



CHAPTER XV. 



EXHIBITION ANTWERPS. 



From the mixed blood described in Chapter XIX. as the 

 origin of the present Homing Pigeon, 

 has been developed by careful selection 

 and breeding one particular type, which 

 has within the last few years become 

 one of our most 

 popvdar show va- 

 rieties. It was 

 formerly called the 

 " short-faced" Ant- 

 werp ; but as this 

 nomenclature led 

 to many errors of 

 judging, which hin- 

 dered improvement 

 for some years, and 

 as, moreover, allied Silvee-dun Antwekp. 



