Chapter XII. 



o< PIGEONS OF PECULIAR FEATHERING. >o 



The Frizzled Pigeon. 



HE Frizzled Pigeon, or Friesland Runt, as it 

 was formerly called, is not a Runt of tlie 

 large kind, but a bird of the size and shape 

 of a Common Pigeon. Moore writes of it as 

 follows : " This pigeon comes from Friesland, 

 and is one of the larger Sort of middle siz'd Runts ; its 

 feathers stand all reverted, and I can't see for what it can 

 be admir'd, except for its Ugliness." So far Mr. Moore, 

 whose successors, Mayor and Girton, follow on the same 

 string, with variations, both adding that these pigeons were, 

 in their time, very scarce in England. The Friesland Runt — 

 which name I merely use because it was formerly so called, 

 and because it matters little what name it goes by, so long 

 as it is not that of another pigeon — must have become 

 extinct in England; but of late it has re-appeared from 

 abroad. It is known as the Lockentauhe in Germany, where 

 it is said to be rare ; and Neumeister says it comes from 

 Hungary. It is usually smooth-headed, and stocking-legged, 

 without much feathering on the toes. In colour it is gene- 



