MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS 



REARING, FEEDING, AND MANAGEMENT 



DOMESTIC PIGEONS, 



AT the conclusion of this very interesting and learned 

 treatise upon this beautiful class of the feathered race 

 one with which we are so intimately familiar it 

 has occurred to the Publisher, that a few observations 

 relating to the breeding, feeding, and rearing of the 

 pigeon, with some directions respecting the dovecote, 

 may be esteemed not an unsuitable adjunct. To our 

 juvenile readers this must be an important matter; 

 for, where is there a boy, who does not admire and cul- 

 tivate the pigeon with anxious solicitude, decorating its 



