Vlll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



CLASSIFICATION OF PIGEONS. 



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Proposed classes. Ambiguous nomenclature. The question of 

 origin. Ground of the received opinion little investigated by 

 naturalists. Estimate of Temminck's authority. Difficulties 

 and doubts suggested by the accounts of former ornithologists. 

 The reader to sum up the evidence. Scheme of arrangement . 70 



CHAPTER IV. 



DOMESTIC PIGEONS. 



FANTAILS; their powers. Effects of crossing. Accident to one. 

 Pigeon Paon. The lean poet of Cos. Runts. Pigeon mon- 

 dains. Comparison of eggs and weights. Synonyms of Runts. 

 Runts at sea. Rodney's bantam. Peculiarities of Runts. 

 Runts in Italy. Effects of crossing. Trumpeters. Archangel 

 Pigeons. 'Nuns. Jacobines. Columbarian distinctions. Sup- 

 posed caricature. Turbits. Temminck's ideas. Owls. Pro- 

 gress of the young. Rapid growth. Barbs. Tumblers. Their 

 performance in the air. Feats of wing. The Almond. Pecu- 

 liarity of form. Learning to tumble. Baldpates. Helmets. 

 Powters and Croppers. Their carriage, flight, and colouring. 

 Defects and remedies. Crosses. Carriers. Castle of the birds. 

 How they find their way. Phrenological hypothesis Carriers 

 in Turkey. Sir John Ross's birds. Explanation. Antwerp 

 Carriers. De Beranger. English Carriers. Oriental origin. 

 Lace and Frizzled Pigeons. Eggs and young of the Columbidse. 

 Quarrels and attachments. Mating. Love of home. Food. 

 Merits of the Runts. Etymology of the Trumpeter . .86 



CHAPTER V. 



PIGEONS WHICH ABE BOTH DOMESTIC AND WILD. 



The Blue Rock Dove. Varro's account. Distinguished from 

 Dovehouse Pigeons. Disposition. Experiment. Gregarious- 

 ness. Crossing with Carriers. Less kept than formerly. Mari- 



