40 THE PIGEON-FANCIER. 



amused at the docility and dignity of the birds, 

 whose composure in the midst of a throng of 

 pedestrians is exquisite. They are not scared 

 at the rush of a reckless cab, or the loud yell of 

 a telegraph boy. The courtyard is their right- 

 ful territory, and nothing less than the terror of 

 immediate extinction from an uplifted foot, or 

 revolving cart wheel, puts them on the wing. 



