.MATING AND SELECTION OF BREEDING STOCK 141 



The vent bones of a female are separated enough to permit the 

 laying of an egg. The habits of the male and female aie very 

 different and by a little experience, study and close obseivation 

 it becomes rather easy to distinguish one from the other. 



THE GROWTH OF A SQUAB 



Pigeons mate and start to raising squabs between the age of 

 live and eiglit months. They lay two eggs only for a setting, the 

 hrst egg generally being laid in the morning and the next egg the 



SQUABS SEVERAL DAYS OLD 



