390 FANCY PIGEONS. 



Almond Tumbler/' by "W. P. Windus, which was published in 

 1802. The date of issue of this edition was probably about 1805. 



T. Ward, a London bird-dealer, "at the Sell and Bird- 

 Cage, the corner of Silver Street, in Wood Street, near Cripple- 

 gate," published early in last century a little book on song birds, 

 which, he says in the preface, is the first of its kind " wholly 

 treating thereof." The copy in my possession is entitled, " THE 

 BIRD-FANCIER'S RECREATION : BEING CURIOUS REMARKS ON 

 THE NATURE OF SONG BIRDS. Third Edition, London, 1735." 

 Many editions of this little book were published by Hogg to- 

 wards the end of last century, under the title of the " New and 

 Complete Bird Fancier ; or, Bird-Fancier's Recreation and 

 Delight, by Mr. Wm. Thompson, late Gardener to the Duke of 

 Ancaster, and Author of the 'New Gardener's Chronicle.'" 

 Although his name is on the title-page of many editions of 

 both "Complete Bird and Pigeon Fanciers," this Thompson 

 had nothing to do in the composition of either. 



(6.) "THE NEW AND COMPLETE PIGEON-FANCIER; OR, 

 MODERN TREATISE ON DOMESTIC PIGEONS. By Daniel 

 Girton, Esq., of the County of Bucks. A New Edition, Re- 

 vised and Improved by Mr. W. Thompson. London : Printed 

 by Rider and Weed, Little Britain, for Hogg and Co., No. 16, 

 Paternoster Row. Price only One Shilling and Sixpence." 



This contains folding plate, title-page, and preface on first 

 leaf, contents on second, and pages 1-56. It is a reprint of 

 No. 5, and the date may be about 1810. 



(7.) "THE NEW AND COMPLETE PIGEON-FANCIER; OR, 

 MODERN TREATISE ON DOMESTIC PIGEONS. By Daniel 

 Girton, Esq., of the County of Bucks. A New Edition, Re- 

 vised and Improved by Mr. W. Thompson. London : Printed 

 by Weed and Rider, Little Britain, for H. Hogg, No. 16, 

 Paternoster Row. Price only One Shilling and Sixpence." 



This contains folding plate (a very worn impression); title- 

 page; preface, one leaf (iii., iv.); contents, one leaf (v., vi.); and 

 pages 1-66. Descriptions of several foreign wild doves have 



