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few, and never by an imperfect crest, which at the best is only accompanied by an irregular cluster 
of feathers, some straight, and others twisted, and curled, and uneven. Also, instead of rising well 
behind the peak, such a crest will show a hollow curve underneath, so as to make the neck from 
gullet to peak appear narrow. Some pretty good peaks, if set on too far down from the head, will 
show little or no mane ; but a good peak, which requires no trimming, if high enough up, rarely 
fails to have a good mane. Sometimes an otherwise good peak will be much on one side, and, not 
seldom, the abstraction of a feather or two only will make all nicely even, in which case, we fear, 
few fanciers would refrain. 
Better to explain the foregoing remarks, we give, in Fig 68, representations of a 1 urbit 
head, with a good peak-crest, and all points as desired, and another showing the corresponding 
faults. Of course it will be understood that all the faults here shown, viz., the long beak, the 
want of gullet, the deficient mane, and peak too low down, are seldom seen collected in one bird ; 
PERFECT TURRIT HEAD. 
I’eak -crested. 
Fig. 6S. 
FAULTY IIEAL. 
Showing long beak, long skull, bad crest, and no gullet. 
one bird will be faulty in one point, and one in another ; but it is convenient to show them thus 
collected, and a comparison of the two drawings will sufficiently answer our purpose. 
The shell-crest hardly needs to be described, consisting of a fringe round the back of the head 
like the edge of a shell, very analogous to the hood of a Jacobin, but not nearly so much developed. 
As regards crest alone, we think the effect of this much inferior to the other ; but the curious thing 
F, that these two styles of crest are generally accompanied by inverse rank in other qualities. 
Few indeed are the peak-crested birds which possess the short, thick beak, fine skull, and good 
gullet we have described; and, as peak-crests are bred together, while the peak and mane improve, 
the other points become worse and worse, the beak getting thin, the skull narrow, and the gullet 
poor. On the other hand, these points are generally found in great perfection in shell-crested 
birds, which we believe to be the original of the Turbit; and therefore, much as we would prefer 
peak-crests when we can see them of the right sort, we must not forget that only from the 
shell-crowned birds can we obtain those other important qualities in which at present they are so 
deficient. We have, up to the present time, only known one peak-crested bird as good in beak, head, 
and gullet as many shell-crested ones we have seen : and we never knew any one fancier have in 
