. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. iz THE rUAUTlCAL I'KiKUN Jviiiil-EB. tlie other, but lias also some tendency to the peg-top shape. To make symmetiy complete, the wattle (technically called " jew- ing") on the under mandible must so harmonise with the portions which overhang the lower jaw from the upper, that the upper and lower halves of the beak-wattle seem to balance each other. In these respects the head here sho^vn is a model. We have seen very good wattles of the walnut type which came very forward on the beak. In some cases this makes a bird look uncommonly well, owing
. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. iz THE rUAUTlCAL I'KiKUN Jviiiil-EB. tlie other, but lias also some tendency to the peg-top shape. To make symmetiy complete, the wattle (technically called " jew- ing") on the under mandible must so harmonise with the portions which overhang the lower jaw from the upper, that the upper and lower halves of the beak-wattle seem to balance each other. In these respects the head here sho^vn is a model. We have seen very good wattles of the walnut type which came very forward on the beak. In some cases this makes a bird look uncommonly well, owing to the wattle keeping well away from the eye. It has, however, two objections. The first is that its weight, being so far forward, has a tendency to drag the point of the beak down, which is called being "down-faced;" whereas one great beauty of a Carrier is to carry the beak horizontally, which is being " ; All very large wattles are apt to cause this fault, by the way; but, of course, the more the weight is forward the more it operates. The second evU is that a forward wattle generally impairs the beak, as already seen; and this fault makes such birds dangerous matches. They can, in fact, only be safely used for birds which, with plenty of wattle behind, are rather short in front, and have massive, blunt-ended beaks. We may remark also on the " distance " referred to by Moore. As a Carrier ages its beak-wattle grows backwards, but not forwards. It therefore approaches the eye-wattle ; and. rig. 21.—Head op Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Lewis, 1838-1905. London, New York, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co
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