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ING, AND Diseases. By Hugh Piper. London : Groombridge 

 & Sons." No date. Coloured plate. Blue paper cover. Issued 

 by Wm. F. Clay, 2, Teviot Place, Edinburgh. Published 1881. 



(3.) "Poultry and Pigeons: their Varieties, Manage- 

 ment, Breeding, and Diseases. By Hugh Piper. London: 

 Groombridge & Sons, Paternoster Row, 1885." Coloured plate 

 of poultry only. Paged 1-64 and 1-64. 



This is a handy little book, compiled from Dixon, Brent, 

 Tegetmeier, and others. The pigeon part in No. 3 is printed 

 from the same stereotypes as Nos. 1 and 2. 



"The Illustrated Book of Pigeons, with Standards 

 FOR Judging. By Robert Fulton. Edited by Lewis Wright. 

 Illustrated with Fifty Coloured Plates from Paintings by J. 

 W. Ludlow. Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, London, Paris, and 

 New York." No date. 4to. Pages i-viij., and 1-392. 



The publication of this fine work commenced in 1874, and 

 extended over two years, being completed in twenty-five 

 monthly shilling parts. It was then issued, as a complete 

 volume, in 1876. It has been re-published, both in parts and 

 in complete form, but the coloured plates of the first edition 

 are much superior to those in later issues. Since the book 

 was written many varieties of domestic pigeons existing in 

 various countries throughout the world have become known 

 which are not mentioned in it; but, so far as it goes, the 

 subject is treated in an exhaustive way. 



" The Practical Pigeon Keeper. By Lewis Wright. 

 Cassell, Petter, Galpin, & Co., London." No date (published 

 1879). Pages i.-viii., and 1-232, 8vo. This book, by the editor 

 of Fulton's work, is a useful one for the young fancier. It is 

 illustrated by pretty woodcuts, which had previously appeared 

 in a German work by Baldamus. They are mostly copied 

 from Fulton's coloured plates. 



"The Pouter Pigeon. By Capt. Norman Hill. Also a 

 Report of the Committee appointed to draw up a Standard of 

 the Pouter. 1882." Octavo, 16 pages. One of the standards 



