I, too, had remarked this, and it opened my eyes to a point in turbit breeding which I had never heard mentioned by any turbit judges or breeders, and which I believe I am now pointing out for the first time in print, viz.
Scatliff Strain" of Turbit The history of the production of the "Scatliff strain" of turbit affords a good example of the kind of difficulties that confront the breeder.
Take, for instance, the modern turbit pigeon; this has been derived from the old Court-bec, described and figured over two centuries ago by Aldrovandus.
Most of the leading judges and many turbit breeders remarked upon this hen's wonderful profile, which seemed to improve as she got older instead of getting worse, as is usual in rather coarse-wattled birds.
Pigeon fanciers require that the ideal turbit shall have, among other things, an unbroken "sweep," that is to say the line of the profile from the tip of the beak to the back of the head should be the arc of a circle.
Hybrids from a Turbitand Fantail have been known to breed inter se (Riedel 'Taubenzucht' s.
The Pouter inflates both its true crop and oesophagus; the Turbit inflates in a much less degree the oesophagus alone.
It has generally been supposed by the older writers on pigeons, that the Turbit is the Cortbeck of Aldrovandi; but if this be the case, it is an extraordinary fact that the characteristic frill should not have been noticed.
Like the Turbit pigeon, the Owl has a remarkable tuft of feathers on the breast, it having been compared by some to the frill of a shirt, and by others to a full-blown white rose.
The Turbit is a pigeon somewhat resembling the owl, but its head is flatter, and it has a turned crown of feathers at the back of the neck.
The turbit has a very short and conical beak, with a line of reversed feathers down the breast; and it has the habit of continually expanding slightly the upper part of the oesophagus.
Perhaps the first pouter-pigeon did not inflate its crop much more than the turbit now does the upper part of its oesophagus,--a habit which is disregarded by all fanciers, as it is not one of the points of the breed.
Perhaps the first pouter-pigeon did not inflate its crop much more than the turbit now does the upper part of its oesophagus--a habit which is disregarded by all fanciers, as it is not one of the points of the breed.
The turbit has a short and conical beak, with a line of reversed feathers down the breast; and it has the habit of continually expanding, slightly, the upper part of the oesophagus.
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