408 FANCY PIGEONS. 



(1.) "THE BELGIAN HOMING PIGEON. By J. L. Burgess. 

 8vo, 52 pages. London : Hamilton, Adams, & Co. Cirencester : 

 Keyworth & Everard." No date (published 1881). 



(2.) "THE BELGIAN HOMING PIGEON. Second Edition. By 

 J. L. Burgess. 8vo, 79 pages. London: Kent & Co. Ciren- 

 cester: C. H. Savory." ISTo date (published 1882). 



(3.) "THE HOMING FANCIER'S ANNUAL FOR 1882. Edited 

 by J. L. Burgess." 8vo, 94 pages. 



(4.) "THE HOMING FANCIER'S ANNUAL FOR 1883. Edited 

 by J. L. Burgess." 8vo, 118 pages. 



"THE HOMING PIGEON FANCIER'S GUIDE. By John W. 

 Logan. London : The Stock-keeper and Fancier's Chronicle 

 Office." 8vo, 112 pages. Published March, 1885. 



This contains " Practical Hints on the Formation of a Loft 

 of Homing Pigeons," well illustrated; Rules of the United 

 Counties' Flying Club; and a List of Races for Season 1885 

 (should be 1884). The author has been, during the past few 

 years, one of the most prominent and influential fanciers of 

 homing pigeons. 



Serial Literature. 



GARDENER, FLORIST, AND AGRICULTURALIST. Yol. iii. 

 1848. This contains four chapters on fancy pigeons, illus- 

 trated, on pp. 83, 121, 324, 340. 



THE COTTAGE GARDENER, commenced about 1848, now 

 incorporated with the Journal of Horticulture, formerly con- 

 tained much information on pigeons. A translation of Boitard 

 and Corbie's work on the subject (Paris, 1824) was published 

 during 1850-2. Brent wrote extensively in its pages; and, 

 about 1871, a series of well- written pigeon articles, illustrated 

 by Ludlow, appeared. 



THE POULTRY CHRONICLE, a weekly periodical, edited by 

 Miss Watts, began on the 1st of March, 1854, and was con- 

 tinued for seventy-seven weeks, the last number being pub- 

 lished on 15th August, 1855, when it was incorporated with 



