PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION 



'T'HE previous editions of this book having met with a 

 favourable reception, and being ont of print, I have been 

 induced to revise it. A considerable amount of new infor- 

 mation has been added, as well as Coloured Illustrations of 

 the principal varieties. The work being the result of the 

 experience of a fancier who has studied domestic pigeons 

 from his earliest years, the fancier as well as the naturalist, 

 will find that it contains an exhaustive account of them. 



