PREFACE. 



done by the late J. W . Ludlow, all the others are 

 photographs of birds in my own lofts. 



The j^hotographs were taken at the studio of 

 The Homing Pigeon, Ltd., The Crescent, Bir- 

 mingham, and to those who know the difficulty in 

 photographing live Pigeons, will agree their efforts 

 have been highly satisfactory, and my personal 

 thanks are due to Mr. Hedges, their photo gr ajjher , 

 for the patience and care he exercised in pro- 

 ducing such excellent results. It will be found 

 I have added a little here and there to my original 

 articles, and as an Appendix have given the 

 standard for Oriental Frills, which was drawn 

 up by the late Mr. J . W . Ludlow and myself in 

 1893, and adopted by the Oriental Frill Club. 

 The only variety not in existence at that time 

 being the Black -laced and Bun-laced Satinettes, 

 and zvhich have been added since. 



FRANK MACHIN. 



January 1st, 1919. 



