190 Pigeon Trap-^—Food, 



The tame pigeon seldom taking the trouble 

 to make a nest, it is better to give her one of 

 hay, which prevents her eggs from rolling. 

 Or a straw basket, or unglazed earthen 

 pan, may be placed in every nest, appor- 

 tioned to the size of the pigeons you breed. 

 A pan of three inches high, eight inches 

 over the top, and sloping to the bottom Hke 

 a bason, will be of sufficient size for a 

 TUMBLER, or small pigeon, whilst one of 

 double those dimensions, will be required 

 for .a large runt. A brick should always 

 be placed in contiguity to the pan, to 

 enable the cock and hen to alight witli 

 greater safety upon the eggs. 



The PIGEON-TRAP, on the house-top, 

 is the well known c-Lmtrivance of those 

 London rascals who he in wait, as has 

 been said, to entrap the property of others. 

 A trap of another description, and for a 

 very different purpose, is sometimes used ; 

 it is an area, on the outside of a buildings 

 for the purpose of confining in the air, va- 

 luable breeds of pigeons which cannot be 



