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Zinganini. Tlie first is distinguished hj its very short beak, 

 eyes excessively large and prominent, surrounded by a red 

 circle, and it came originally from Turkey." Evidently the 

 Barb. "The second has the head and breast yellowish, and 

 the wings and tail black; it is very much used in Austria, 

 especially at Vienna, though originally coming also from 

 Turkey." This can only apply to the Archangel, though 

 not a quite correct description of it. Professor Bonizzi, in 

 his work on the Triganini, after quoting the above, says : 

 " The Timpani are no other than the Gimpel described by 

 Neumeister." Malmusi continues : *' The Zinganini are of one 

 sole colour throughout, whatever it may be, and are dis- 

 tinguished by a white spot between the wings, which 

 extends over the back, and sometimes even to the neck. 

 This race ceased to exist in Modena some years ago, and 

 there is a tradition that it was introduced by the gipsies of 

 Hungary in the fifteenth century; thus, these birds were 

 called Zingarini, or Zinganini.''^ 



Having now traced the Archangel as far as Turkey, we shall 

 next find it in the Orient itself. When in Calcutta, in 1869, 

 I heard of the arrival there of a pigeon fancier from the 

 North-West provinces, with a large assortment of pigeons 

 for sale. I found among them two pairs of Archangels, that 

 were acquired by a friend of mine, in whose place I saw 

 them often afterwards. This may not be conclusive evidence 

 that they are an Indian breed, as they might have originated 

 in Europe, and been carried East ; but I am inclined to 

 believe that the Archangel is an Asiatic variety, either Persian 

 or Indian. 



The Archangel is about the size of the common Field 

 Pigeon, and of the same type in formation. Its beak should 

 be of a dark flesh tint, brown at the tip, and free of hard 

 blue or black colour, straight, and rather long. The head is 

 long or snaky, and the eye should be of a vivid orange 

 colour, surrounded by a narrow flesh-coloured cere or wattle. 



