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PIGEON. 



The Parazene, or Parifian Powter *, much efteemed •, the Crop' 

 per, and Uploper, alfo belong to this variety. 



Var.R. 

 HORSEMAN P. 



Description. 



Le Pigeon Cavalier, Brif. orn. i. p. 78. L. 



Light Horfeman Pigeon, Rati Syn. p. 61. 12. — Will. orn. p. 182. 12. — AU 

 bin, ii. pi. 45. 



HP H E S E partake of the two laft : are faid to be excellent 

 breeders ; and never to forfake the place where bred. On 

 this principle they become good carriers 1 and are oftener made 

 ufe of in England than the true Carrier, as that bird is too much 

 efteemed to rifk the lofs of it on every trifling account f. 



2. 



Var. S. 



SMITER P. 



Description. 



Le Pigeon batteur, Brif. orn. i. p. 79. M. 



Smiter Pigeon, Raii Syn. p. 60. 9. — Will. orn. p. 182. 9. 



O defcription is given of this bird, Angular merely from its 

 clapping the wings together during flight, fo as to be heard 

 at fame diftance. 



Var. T. 

 TURNER P. 



Description. 



Turner Pigeon, Will, orn, p. 182. 14. 



^P H E S E have a tuft of feathers hanging down backwards 

 from the top of the head, like the mane of a horfe. To thefe 

 are allied the Fihnikins, which are very like, but lefs in fize. 



* 'Twenty Guineas to be given for a pair of Pewters is not uncommon. 



f It is recorded of a Dragoon Pigeon, which is a breed between the Horfeman 

 and Carrier, that it flew from St. Edmsndfbury to Bifhopfgate-ftreet in two hour* 

 and a half, being feventy-two miks. — See Treat, on Domejl. Pigeons, p. 90. 



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