^^ PIGEON LITERATURE. 



London : Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener Office." 

 114 pages. No date (publislied 1871). 



The three editions of Brent's book appear to be printed 

 from tlie same stereotype plates. Nos. 2 and 3 only differ 

 from No. 1 in having a few lines of additional matter on 

 p. 112, entitled "New Varieties." The author resided for 

 some time on the Continent, and was the first fancier who 

 published good descriptions of French and German varieties, 

 which appeared in the pages of the Poultry Chronicle (18.54-5) 

 and Cottage Gardener. Most of the woodcuts in the "Pigeon 

 Book" were first published in the Cottage Gardener, during 

 1850-2, accompanying a translation of Boitard and Corbie's 

 " Les Pigeons de Yoliere et de Colombier," Paris, 1824, which 

 was probably done by Brent, and they are copied, though not 

 improved in the process, from those in that book. Brent 

 was not only an ardent pigeon fancier, but had a good know- 

 ledge of poultry, cage birds, and all pet stock. 



"Home Pets. London: S. O. Beeton, 248, Strand, W.C." 

 This work was first published in fortnightly parts, com- 

 mencing 1st September, 1861. Parts 12 and 13, issued in 

 1862, each containing thirty-two pages, treat of pigeons. The 

 name of the compiler is unknown to me, but Brent and 

 Dixon are his chief authorities. The illustrations consist of 

 a coloured plate and various neat vignettes by Harrison Weir. 

 "Gtje Feathered Families: Game and Watek Birds; 



TO WHICH IS added A PRACTICAL CHAPTER ON DoVES AND 



Pigeons. By H. G. Adams. London: James Hogg & Sons." 

 No date (published 1863). 



The appendix to this work (pages 315-340) consists of an 

 account of fancy pigeons gathered from Dixon's "Dovecote 

 and Aviary." 



" Pigeons : their Structure, Varieties, Habits, and 

 Management. By W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S. With Coloured 

 Representations of the Different Varieties, Drawn from Life 

 by Harrison Weir. London : George Routledge & Sons. 1868." 



