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THE PRACTICAL PIGEON KEEPER. 



the skull of a Dragoon is wedge-shaped broad behind and 

 tapering towards the front. The beak should be nearly or 

 quite black in blues, blue-chequers, silvers, and grizzles ; reds, 



BIRMINGHAM DRAGOON HEN, 1870. 



yellows, and whites have pale beaks. Blues and blue-chequers 

 are also the only varieties which show dark colour in the eye- 

 lash, except some dark grizzles. 



Such is the present accepted type of the Dragoon, as now 



