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396 FANCY PIGEONS. 



(1.) " The Boy's Own Book : a Complete Encyclopedia 

 OP ALL THE Diversions of Boyhood and Youth. Tenth 

 Edition. Pp. 462. London: Vizetelly, Branston, & Co., 

 Fleet Street. 1835." 



(2.) " The Little Boy's Own Book of Sports and 

 Pastimes. London : David Bogne, 86, Fleet Street." No 

 date (published 1854). 



(3.) "The Boy's Own Book: a Complete Encyclopedia 

 op Sports and Pastimes. A New Edition, Revised and En- 

 larged. Pp. 696. London: Lockwood & Co. 1868." 



The description of fancy pigeons in the various editions 

 of " The Boy's Own Book " appears to have been edited by a 

 practical fancier, for although evidently inspired by "Daniel 

 Girton, of the County of Bucks," there are a few original 

 observations added. A chapter on pigeon lofts and traps, 

 nicely illustrated, is new, and the pretty woodcuts were in 

 several instances drawn from birds in the possession of 

 London fanciers. All editions are beautifully printed, and 

 illustrated with charming vignettes, and must have been a 

 source of enjoyment to many. I cannot trace the date or 

 publisher of the first edition. 



"The Little Boy's Own Book. By Augustus Goodfellow. 

 With Sixty Illustrations. London : George Goodfellow, Strand." 

 Small square 8vo, fancy boards. This differs from the pre- 

 vious volume of same title, being printed on 184 pages, in 

 large type. The account of pigeons, taken from Girton, 

 occupies pages 103-140, and the woodcuts of them are the 

 same as those in J. Rogers' "Pigeon Fancier's Guide" (1844), 

 to be afterwards noticed. 



" The Poultry and Pigeon Keeper's Companion. 

 London: G. Purkess, 286, Strand, W.C." A small pamphlet 

 of thirty-six pages, in yellow paper covers, published probably 

 about 1855. Small woodcut illustrations. The pigeon part is 

 abridged from Girton. 



"The Toung Angler, Naturalist, and Pigeon and 



