The mid-September GeflŸgel has a very well-illustrated article by Wilhelm Bauer on the South German Monk - the muffed and clean legged sections being very different. Strong body with a well backed shell crest and modest muffs are very different to a much more refined, peak crested clean-legged bird. I don't think we have seen the latter in the UK but some 40 years ago I had some of the muffed in reds. These went on to Peter Jackson near Bury St Edmunds, and crossed with black Saxon Monks produced both varieties in black. This was the source on which the late Jim Chivers founded his successful stud of Saxon Monks. The photographs cover black, blue, red, and white chequer black and blue.
In the same issue is again a well-illustrated article on English Short Faced Tumblers by Ingolf Jungnickel. The photographs cover almond, deroy, golden dun, yellow agate and a blue beard. Ingolf and his wife Elke have done a sterling job in the breed's promotion in Germany. Their year books were very good indeed and I am certain they will be missed, but the new Club secretary is Martin Zerna, a very experienced fancier and breeder who also breeds Saxon colour pigeons. I hope our two clubs can continue a dialogue.
The recent GeflŸgel has an article by Thomas Hellmann on the Egyptian Swift. Among the photographs are two of 'vielcolour', a sort of light grizzle, I believe this is possibly an offshoot of almond.
A report of the Bokhara Trumpeter Club show in Rimbach last January, received support from both Denmark and N Pratt from England. The numbers for all the various colours are not given but reds led with 19 entries followed by blacks at 18. The Show Champion was a black from R Stephan with it appears the only V grade. The best birds in the other colours were 95 points. Congratulations must go to N Pratt who had four of the top ten sectioon winners.
