. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. 178 THE PRACTICAL PIGEON KEEPER. Blondinettes, to preserve their beauties, must be bred like the Satinettes, matching the more heavily-marked to lightly- marked birds, and continuaUy throwing in the colour most wanting. An exception may be made to some extent in regard to the more simply laced or bi-coloured birds, which, if preferred, may be perfected by breeding together. The appearance of the young of all these varieties is. Blohdimettes. uncertain, and birds should not be discarded because of unsatisfactory appearance when in the nest feather, which
. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. 178 THE PRACTICAL PIGEON KEEPER. Blondinettes, to preserve their beauties, must be bred like the Satinettes, matching the more heavily-marked to lightly- marked birds, and continuaUy throwing in the colour most wanting. An exception may be made to some extent in regard to the more simply laced or bi-coloured birds, which, if preferred, may be perfected by breeding together. The appearance of the young of all these varieties is. Blohdimettes. uncertain, and birds should not be discarded because of unsatisfactory appearance when in the nest feather, which is very often quite dull; or even one patch of confused colour. Some birds, however, are variegated from the first; and by matching the best of these together, pigeons have been pro- duced with the mai-kings extending up the neck. It is very common for the white tail spot (which in the Blondinettes sometimes becomes a white band) not to appear at all till the first moult. Now and then a bird will lose this point (showiag, probably, a reversion to a black-tailed Owl), and if good in. head. 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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