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90 PIGEONS. 



The most approved colors for this variety of pigeon are the 

 blue, and blue-pied, as they are usually the best breeders. 

 They should be flown twice a-day regularly, when young ; and 

 as they gain strength on the wing, they should be allowed to 



THE HORSEMAN. 



range loose, without any 'other birds in company. This 

 variety is the kind generally employed in carrying letters ; the 

 genuine carriers being much too scarce and valuable to be 

 commonly used. 



THE POUTER. 



All pigeons, as is well known, have the capability of in- 

 flating their crops with air; and a fine pigeon, with breast 

 feathers glossed with metallic tints, strutting and bowing, with 

 an inflated crop, around his mate, presents no uninteresting 

 spectacle; but this remark will not apply to this bird. In 

 the " English pouter," or " pouting horseman," there is nothing 



