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PIGEONS. 



screened from cold winds, which are extremely prejudicial to 

 the birds ; a southern or south- western aspect should, therefore, 

 if possible, be chosen; visits from cats and rats must also be 

 carefully guarded against. 



flit 



PIGEON HOUSE. 



If the young fancier be enabled to tit up a loft over a stable, 

 other out-building, for a pigeon house, the best arrangement 



PIGEON LOFT. 



he can adopt is that shown in the above illustration. The 

 means for exit and re-entrance must be first thought of; and 

 if there be no window in the loft, two holes must be made in 

 the wall, at about five feet from the floor, each sufficiently 

 large to admit a pigeon easily ; a shelf should be fastened on 

 the inside, and another on the outside, of the said apertures ; on 



