Chapter XIX. 



PIGEONS WITH SHORT, ERECT TAILS. 



NOWN in Germany as Hilhnertauben, or Fowl- 

 like Pigeons, and existing in numerous varie- 

 ties, these birds are not now valued in this 

 country, as they appear formerly to have 

 been. The peculiarities of this race are, to 

 stand high, on long, unfeathered legs, to be short in the back, 

 broad in the breast and body, to have a short, erectly -carried 

 tail, and a long, swan-shaped, tremulous neck. 



The Leghorn Runt Pigeon. 



Moore, in his " Columbarium " (1735), describes this variety 

 as follows: "The Leghorn Runt is a stately, large Pigeon, 

 Seven inches or better in Legs, close f eather'd, and fast Flesht, 

 extremely broad chested, and very short in the back ; he carries 

 his Tail, when he walks, somewhat turned up, like a Duck, 

 but when he plays, he tucks it down; his neck is longer 

 than any other Pigeon, which he carries bending like a Goose 

 or a Swan. He is goose headed, and his Eye lies hollow in 

 his Head, with a thin Skin round it, much like the Dutch 

 Tumbler, but broader; his Beak is very short for so large 



