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with a white upper head, the yellow marked frequently with 

 white flights and tail." 



The Pomeranian Pouter {Die Pommersche Kropftauhe) 

 " has a great resemblance to the English Pouter, with which 

 it is unmistakably connected. It is found in perfect beauty 

 at Stralsund and Greifswald." And then follows a detailed 

 description of it, taken from an article by Dr. Bodinus, pub- 

 lished in the year 1858. 



Herr Prlitz, in the third edition of "Die Arten der Haus- 

 taube," published in 1878, states that the Pomeranian Cropper 

 "is said to have been imported from England many years ago; 

 but it is, without doubt, much handsomer than all similar 

 Croppers which have lately been brought from England that 

 I have seen. The late Herr Wermann, of Altenburg, an 

 authority on pigeons, was quite delighted when he first saw a 

 pair which I had sent to Herr von Beust." From his descrip- 

 tion of this variety, it would appear to resemble the English 

 Pouter in all respects, except that any white pinion on the 

 wing, which, when rightly defined, is so valuable in our breed, 

 is a fault in it. It would also appear that the Pomeranian 

 must have much rougher limbs than our Pouter. 



The principal breeder of Pomeranian Croppers, Herr Wilhelm 

 Hevernick, in a lecture entitled " The Pomeranian Cropper, and 

 its Relation to the English one," delivered in the Ornithologi- 

 cal Club of Stralsund, and published in Columhia of February 

 15th, 1879, a copy of which was very kindly sent to me by its 

 editor, Herr Priitz, says as follows : " If I try in the following 

 paper to establish the relationship of the Pomeranian and 

 English Croppers, as well as their descent, to point to the 

 value of a rational breed of Pomeranian Croppers, and to 

 warn against crossing with the English, I must preface the 

 plan of my work with this my view, without claiming infalli- 

 bility, that this subject, so far as I know, has not been handled 

 by anyone before me, excepting Dr. Bodinus. He first described 

 the Pomeranian Cropper about twenty-five years ago, and drew 



