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FANCY PIGEONS. 



Cliimney Swallow, from wliicli circumstance they derive their 

 name." And Brent adds : " A pigeon-fancying acquaintance 

 informed me that he once had a pair of Swallow-tailed Bald- 

 heads, which he purchased in Manchester : so I conclude this 

 variety is also to be met with in England, though I have 

 not seen it. Some of the wild pigeons or doves of foreign 

 countries have long, wedge-shaped tails, but such a formation 

 of tail I have never seen or heard of among our domestic 

 pigeons." 



