189 THE JACOBIN. 



" It is black, with the head, tail, and flight white. It is of 

 a size above the ordinary Nuns " (Nonnains, i.e., Jacobins), 

 '* approaching to that of Pouters. It has, like the latter, the 

 habit of inflating its throat a little. It has an elegant form, 

 and the ruff of feathers raised gracefully, but it is not very 

 productive." Dixon, in his "Dovecote and Aviary," quoting 

 from Temminck, mistakes this variety for a Nun, the name 

 having misled him. In France, Nuns are styled Pigeons 

 Coquilles shell-headed pigeons. 



In Germany, the Jacobin is chiefly known as the Peruck- 

 entaube, or Wig Pigeon, of which there are several sub- 

 varieties. I have seen self-coloured blacks, all colours of 

 bald-headed with feathered legs, also most of the baldhead 

 colours with both feathered legs and rose on the forehead, 

 like a Priest Pigeon. There are also blues and blacks with 

 white wing bars. 



