Hi Valarie,

I'm wondering how old is this male in question?
In the first two photos, it looks like Bad White Breast; or sort of like a partially molted breast, but I think this, as James said, might just be the lighting.
In the third photo he looks quite similar to his brother outside of the patchy spots, but if he is a young bird what I'm wondering is if this is just an incomplete molt...
Meaning, when he molts a second time this will correct itself.
I'm not sure - not very familiar with this problem - he does not look lilac to me, though, if I'm basing it solely off the third photo.
I am attaching a photo of a LB male I actually just purchased yesterday so you can compare :)

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Tiffany
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On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:24 PM, valmilazzo <valmilazzo@...> wrote:

Hi James, yes you are right - it is so hard to get an accurate photo. His actual color is most similar to the third photo, where the bird in question is to the right of the molting blue female (Zerlina Porgy). Your evaluation would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Valarie

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> I Valarie,
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> In each of the three photos your bird shows a different breast colour. I
> realize that this is probably to do with the position when photographed and
> the use, or not, of the flash. Could you please tell us which photo is
> closest to his coulour in normal light.
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> Regards
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> James
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> Hello, I wonder if you experts out there can share an opinion about my new
> black head male? Silvio has an unusual colored breast (see photo album
> "lilac breast?"). It is much paler than a male purple breast, but not as
> pink as a female purple breast. It is not a uniform color -somewhat blotched
> with white, and the lower edge on his right side is darker. Do you think he
> is a lilac-breast? Could he be something more unusual?
>
> Silvio's father is a black head, white breast, normal back possibly split to
> blue. His mother is a black head, purple breast, normal back. This breeding
> pair are closely related - father and daughter to each other. (They chose
> each other from among several other options, according to the breeder). I am
> told that in previous clutches, this (very prolific) pair had one other son
> with a solid-colored lilac breast. They have also had at least one
> blue-backed offspring. Silvio's brother Porgy is shown with him in one
> photo. When I first bought Porgy his breast was a more intense blue color
> than my other purple-breasted birds. With his last molt, it has become more
> typical looking though. Any ideas/explanations would be appreciated!
> Valarie
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