397 PIGEON LITERATURE. 



Rabbit Fancier. Ninety-eiglit illustrations. London: Rout- 

 ledge, Warne, and Routledge. 1860." 12mo. 124 pages, cloth 

 gilt. The description and illustrations of pigeons, occupying 

 pages 69-86, are from " The Boy's Own Book." 



"The Natural History of Pigeons. By Prideaux John 

 Selby. Edinburgh, 1835." Thirty-two coloured plates, 8vo, 

 228 pages. One of the volumes of "Jardine's Naturalist's 

 Library," chiefly on wild pigeons or doves; contains a short 

 account of domestic pigeons, drawn chiefly from Boitard and 

 Corbie's work, published at Paris, 1824. The argument in 

 favour of the Blue Bock being the progenitor of all tame 

 pigeons is clearly stated. 



"Bees, Pigeons, Rabbits, and the Canary Bird Fami- 

 liarly Described. By Peter Boswell, Greenlaw. Glasgow : 

 W. R. McPhun; London: Hall, Arnold, & Co. 1840. Price One 

 Shilling." The author, who also published a manual on poultry, 

 seems to have had an acquaintance with some previous works 

 on pigeons, but in his brief descnption there is nothing new 

 on the subject. The book is a small one of 117 pages, in 

 green paper cover, and is now scarce. It was reprinted in 

 America, in 1842, by Wiley & Putnam, New York; and also 

 in London, in 1852, by Routledge. 



(1.) "The Pigeon Fancier's Guide: a Complete Direc- 

 tory FOR THE Proper Treatment and Management of 

 Fancy and other Pigeons. By James Rogers. London : 

 Thomas Dean & Co., Threadneedle Street. Price One Shilling. 

 The Second Edition, Enlarged and much Improved." This has a 

 folding plate containing figures of seven pigeons, mostly from 

 Girton, and a pole locker. Other cuts are scattered through 

 the book, which is nicely printed on sixty-eight pages. It 

 may be called a compilation from Girton. Rogers was a 

 pigeon and bird dealer in the City Road, London; and I 

 remember, when on my way from school at Taunton, to Scotland, 

 in the year 1857, standing entranced at Rogers' shop, looking 

 at his pigeons and lockers, of which latter he was a builder. 



