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the Cottage Gardener. Complete sets of it, in three volumes, 

 small 4to, may occasionally be met with. It is interest- 

 ing as the first journal devoted entirely to the poultry and 

 pigeon fancy. Under the heading of the " Columbary," the 

 late Mr. Brent contributed to it many papers on fancy 

 pigeons. 



The Field newspaper, commenced about 1858, devoted 

 considerable space to poultry and pigeons for many years, 

 but latterly has left these subjects almost entirely to the 

 various periodicals that cater specially for followers of these 

 fancies. 



The Poultry Review, edited by James Long, existed 

 from 21st June, 1873, to 31st December, 1874, and treated of 

 poultry, pigeons, dogs, and pet stock. A complete set con- 

 sists of eighty-one parts, making three vols. 4to. 



The Pigeon, edited by Thomas M. Denne, continued weekly 

 from 19th February, 1876, to 28th December, 1877; in all 

 ninety-eight parts, which make a thick 4to volume. 



The Country, a weekly periodical for fanciers, was published 

 from May, 1873, to October, 1879, when it was incorporated 

 with The Bazaar, Exchange and Mart. 



The Boy's Own Paper contained, in 1881, a series of 

 illustrated articles on pigeons, entitled, "The Boy's Own 

 Pigeon Loft and Dovecote." 



The Bazaar, Exchange and Mart (from 1869), Fanciers' 

 Gazette (1874) (afterwards Live Stock Journal, and again 

 Fanciers' Gazette), Fanciers' Chronicle (1879) (now 

 Stock-Keeper and Fanciers' Chronicle), Poultry (1883), 

 and The Scottish Fancier (1884), are the periodicals 

 presently (October, 1886) being issued in this country for dog, 

 pigeon, poultry, and other pet stock fanciers. 



Foreign Literature. 



The quantity of foreign pigeon literature in existence is so 

 extensive that I would not attempt to give a detailed list of 



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