CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. HISTORICAL 1 



II. ORIGIN OF FANCY PIGEONS . 8 



III. THE PIGEON HOUSE, LOFT, AND AVIAKT .... 14 



IV. SELECTION OF STOCK 26 



V. FEEDING, BREEDING, AND MANAGEMENT 30 



VI. COLOURS OF FANCY PIGEONS : 44 



VII. EXHIBITING PIGEONS 50 



VIII. DISEASES 55 



IX. VARIETIES OF DOMESTIC PIGEONS 67 



X. COMMON PIGEONS 70 



XI. PIGEONS DISTINGUISHED CHIEFLY BY THEIR COLOUR 



OR MARKING 73 



XII. PIGEONS OF PECULIAR FEATHERING 103 



XIII. THE RlNGBEATER Ill 



XIV. THE TRIGANICA 115 



XV. SEVERAL VARIETIES OF EAST INDIAN PIGEONS . . 120 



XVI. OTHER DISTINCT KINDS OF ASIAN PIGEONS .... 131 



XVII. THE RUNT 133 



