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it. I have in my possession over a hundred books on 

 pigeons in Frencli, German, Dutcli, Italian, and Spanish. A 

 considerable number of these have been published since 1870, 

 and many of them are on Homing or Carrier Pigeons. A 

 number of early essays on pigeons, compiled from Aldrovandi 

 and other sources, and written in mediseval Latin, were pub- 

 lished in Germany from 1G84 to 1751 ; but the earliest 

 Continental book on fancy pigeons and poultry was written 

 by M. Buchoz, the French botanist, and published in Paris 

 in 1777. The influence of this book may be traced in many 

 Geiman ones published during the following half-century. 



Since Boitard and Corbie's " Les Pigeons de Yoliere 

 ET DE CoLOMBiEE, " was published in Paris, in 1824, nothing 

 of gi'eat interest has appeared in France till Yictor La Perre 

 de Roo's recent publications. 



The principal pigeon books published in Germany are the 

 " Taubenbuch," Ulm, 1790; Riedel's Works, 1824; Putsche's 

 "Tauben Katechismus," 1830; Neumeister's "Das Ganze 

 dee, Taubenzucht," 1837 ; and the modern Works by Buhle, 

 Priitz, Baldamus, Durigen, Bungartz, &c. The "Muster- 

 taubenbuch," the latest work by Priitz, now being issued, 

 will be the largest book on pigeons ever published. When 

 complete it will contain about 400 pages, large 4to, and eighty- 

 one coloured plates, with about 200 figures of fancy pigeons. 



The Italian works by Malmusi, Martinelli, and Bonizzi, are 

 chiefly on the Triganica Pigeons of Modena. 



The Dutch pigeon works are few and unimportant, excepting 

 La Perre de Roo's " Postduif " ; and the only Spanish work 

 I know of is a translation of some of La Perre de Roo's 

 writings on homing pigeons. 



Many poultry and pigeon joui'nals are published in America ; 

 but, with the exception of reprints of Boswell (1842), and 

 Moore's " Columbarium " (1874), the only pigeon book I know of 

 is " The Standard of Excellence for Judging Pigeons," 

 compiled and illustrated with coloured plates by J. W. Ludlow, 



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