172 VARIETIES TRAPPING ILLEGAL. 



KM. 15s. Wld. = l3l. 175. 1|. The DUNG estimated 

 at one-fourth of their return per annum. 



NEW GUINEA pigeons are said, in some Lady's 

 Voyage to India, nearly to equal the turkey in size ; 

 of a slate colour, with a crest of gauze feathers 

 some inches high, in the form of a fan ; the iris of the 

 eye bright vermilion. 



By my memoranda, in 1801, I observe that sixty- 

 five pairs of old pigeons, and one hundred and forty 

 squeakers of all sizes, regularly fed, consumed in one 

 week, five pecks of the smallest beans, and ten quarts 

 of seeds. The above old stock, without any young, 

 consumed about half the quantity. 



From the same. FAN-TAILS or SHAKERS, the head 

 always in motion, are a beautiful stock, and good 

 breeders, but so stupid and silly, as scarcely to be 

 capable of taking care of themselves, or finding their 

 home. RUNTS, although so much larger, breed as 

 fast and equally forward as Tumblers. The duration 

 of life in the pigeon is said to extend to about twenty 

 years, and it is deemed full aged when the wings are 

 full of the quill feathers. 



According to 7 and 8 Geo. 4. c. 29. sect 33. 

 persons unlawfully killing, wounding, or taking 

 any house dove or pigeon, under such circumstances 

 as do not amount to larceny at common law, shall 

 forfeit over and above the value of the bird, any sum 

 not exceeding forty shillings. Occupiers of lands 

 may lawfully kill pigeons destroying corn. 



At the Westminster Court of Requests, in Fe- 

 bruary 1829, a decision was made against TRAPPING 

 pigeons, the defendant being amerced in the price 



