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1825, and it evidently retained its social instinct, as it found 

 its way to a part of the island where pigeon houses abound, 

 and was shot while perched on the wall of one. 



The particular history of the several varieties of fancy 

 pigeons which are known to the curious in these birds, does 

 not come within the scope of these pages, as those varieties 

 are not met with in a wild state. They are, however, pro- 

 bably al] bred out of the same stock as the common pigeons, 

 as they are all " house " pigeons and not perchers. The 

 principal ones are the Barbary, the Biset, the Carrier, the 

 Crested, the Helmet, the Horseman, the Jacobine, the Laced, 

 the Norway, the Rough-footed, the Shakers, broad-tailed and 

 narrow-tailed, the Smiter, the Spot, the Tumbler, the Turbit, 

 and the Turner, besides the countless number of mixed 

 breeds. 



