158 BROAD OR FAN-TAILED SHAKER. 



is apt to be carried away or overset by the wind. 

 To retain all tbe characters above mentioned, it is 

 necessary to keep the breed perfectly pure, as any 

 cross is certain to dimmish one or more of the pe- 

 culiar qualities of the race. The ordinary appear- 

 ance of the fan-tail is white, or white with a black 

 head and tail. It is also frequently seen with the 

 mantle and tail affecting the various colours which 

 prevail in domestic pigeons, as dark and light blue, 

 reddish-brown, &c. The female of this variety, 

 crossed with the male glou-glou, or Tambour Pigeon, 

 produces the Narrow-tailed Shaker or Quaker, in 

 which the number of the tail-feathers decrease, as 

 well as the power of spreading and erecting it. The 

 trembling action, however, remains unabated. 



Our next plate represents a variety not less re- 

 markable ; it is the 



