56 PIGEON RAISING 



a comical sight to see a tall, inflated pouter 

 bowing and cavorting about a tiny tumbler. 

 The pouter has all the straight colors and also 

 carries superior markings when crossed with 

 white. There is a breed of pigmy pouters that 

 has clean legs and feet. The crops of both 

 of these varieties should be borne well up when 

 inflated. 



THE FANTAIL 



Next to the pouter the fantail is the most 

 extreme modification, or rather embellishment 

 of the parent stock, for its tail contains up to 

 thirty-six or even forty-two quill feathers in 

 place of the twelve originally present. It has 

 been highly bred in Scotland, England, and 

 America. This breed is seen both plain legged 

 and slightly booted. Besides their wonderful 

 tails, their chief points are a haughty carriage 

 of the head and swanlike bend of the neck. 

 They are bred in all solid colors, but are more 

 frequently seen in intense blacks and dazzling 

 whites. They are peculiar in structure as not 

 having the oil-gland. 



THE CARRIER 



Pigeon fanciers resent the confounding of 



