“ The head should be rather small, and with a sharp appearance. Oomb rose, broad in front, and getting narrower until it becomes a long spike at the back. The comb should be well covered with

small points or work, and the spike at back pointing rather upwards. The lobes white, smooth in texture, and almost 1 round in shape. The wattles rather small and well rounded. Neck well curved and abundantly furnished with hackle feathers. Back of fair length and rather broad ; breast prominent and full. Legs rather short; toes four, well spread out. Tail carried rather high, large, and well furnished with flowing sickles. The hen should match her mate in every point, only of course on a smaller scale, except ing that her hackle is not so abundant. SILVER SPANGLES. The cock’s beak should be of a dark horn colour ; hackle silvery white, with black marks at the end of the feathers ; back white ; wing bows white, both marked with black spots ; wing coverts white, with a black spangle or spot at the end of each feather, these spots or spangles forming lines across the wing ; saddle feathers white, with black spots at the end of each feather ; the breast white, but so spotted or spangled with black as to show really more black tlian white ; tail white ; sickles white, both of which should have black spots at the end of each feather ; legs dark lead colour. Hen : The beak same as the cock’s ; hackle silvery white, each feather spangled with black ; back and breast white, but each feather spangled with black, the white really forming a division between the black spangles ; tail white, each feather spangled at the end with black. The whole of the plumage should be even in spangling from head to tail.—By L. 0. Yerrey in Fanciers’ Gazette. (To be continued.')

FEATHERS. The Rualiine on her last trip had on board twelve pairs of A.ntwerps of the very best Belgian strains ; a pair of Pouters and a pair of Jacobins from Mr Butler ; a pair of silver duns and a pair of red chequers from Mr Green ; also a pair of Norwich croppers from Mr Att wood ; and over 100 canaries, purchased by Mr McAllister, the chief cook, for friends in the colonies. 