LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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W. B. Tegetmeier. (From an Etching by Hubert 

 Herkomer, presented by the Artist, and dated 1879) 



Frontispiece. 



A Medical Certificate of Tegetmeier's Father 



facing 2 



Sketch Map Showing Tegetmeier's Birthplace. 



(Drawn by Mr. Tegetmeier) - - 3 



Tegetmeier at the Age of 62. (From a retouched 



photograph by Edward Draper) - - facing 26 



"Oh! Mother." A Gustave Dore Tail-piece. (From 



the " Savage Club Papers ") - - 31 



Experimental Bee House, Muswell Hill. (From 

 a Coloured Lithograph published for the Apiarian 

 Society) facing 47 



The Coster-Girl. (From an Engraving interleaved 

 in Tegetmeier's Article, " My First Pigeon Race ") 



facing 55 



Frontispiece to the " Savage Club Papers," 1867. 



(By permission of The Club Committee) facing 57 



W. B. Tegetmeier Showing Carrier- Pigeon to 

 Charles Sutherland. (From an old Photograph) 



facing 63 



A " Smerle " or Belgian Homing Pigeon. One of 

 the first Racing Pigeons in England. (From 

 " The Homing or Carrier Pigeon ") - facing 69 



The First Pigeon Race from the Crystal Palace 

 to Belgium, 1871. (From an illustrated news- 

 paper of the time) .... facing 73 



A Derby of Doves. (From a page of Drawings in 



" Fun" September 16, 1871) - - facing 77 



Pigeon Post Stamps and Films - facing 82 



From a Page Drawing by Harrison Weir, illus- 

 trating " Profitable Poultry ' facing 86 



Tegetmeier Judging Fowls. (From a Sketch by 



Albert Bryan) 90 



Tegetmeier Caricatured as a Pouter Pigeon by 



Jack Brough - 101 



A Savage Club Sketch 110 



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