. Our domestic birds; . 298 OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS. Fig. 235. Saddle FantailPigeon1 the conspicuous characters, but in ordinary judging practice they are not often so treated, except in the case of disqualify-ing faults, to be noted presently. The less conspicuous char-acters, including shape of body (inregard to which the average fancierand judge is somewhat careless, notdiscriminating between closely relatedtypes), become important in makingdecisions between specimens whichappear to be equal in the more con-spicuous characters. Because of thisthere is a tendency to exaggerate someone minor chara
. Our domestic birds; . 298 OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS. Fig. 235. Saddle FantailPigeon1 the conspicuous characters, but in ordinary judging practice they are not often so treated, except in the case of disqualify-ing faults, to be noted presently. The less conspicuous char-acters, including shape of body (inregard to which the average fancierand judge is somewhat careless, notdiscriminating between closely relatedtypes), become important in makingdecisions between specimens whichappear to be equal in the more con-spicuous characters. Because of thisthere is a tendency to exaggerate someone minor character whenever a highdegree of uniformity in characters that are of primary importance in judging is reached. Disqualifications. The practice of judging the relative merits of exhibition birds principally by a few striking characters tends to make breeders and exhibitors neglect many little things which affect the appearance of a bird. This is especially the case with exhibitors competing under judges who are partial to some conspicuous charact
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