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Nuns have tlie shajied head and pearl eyes of a pleasant- 

 faced Tumbler, medium-sized trim bodies, and clean legs. They 

 have a shell-crest like that of the Trumpeter, but hardly so 

 large, which should stand as upright and clean as possible, and 

 come down at least as low as the eye. This crest must be 

 white, like the back of the neck, but immediately from its 



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base the head must be coioured, the colour coming forward in a 

 nice curve to the front of the neck, as in the engra\'ing. The 

 fitness of the name is very obvious. The whole body is white, 

 except the coloured head and the flights and tail. The colours 

 are black, blue, red, and yellow, duns also appearing, and being 

 used to cross with black. Blacks far outnumber the rest. 



The flights should be all coloured; but this is so rare that 

 Moore only specifies six a side as the standard. Since then 

 breeders have advanced, and eight a side is common ; nine a 



