the young Fancier to obtain as large a library as possible on the subject. I shall give 

 you the late Mr. John Moobe's Work, Columbarium : or the Pigeon House, word for 

 word. There will not be any occasion for you to strive to obtain a copy, and which 

 if you did, I believe would be labour in vain ; you may strive to obtain an earlier copy. 



(Eaton.) — I would recommend you to obtain a Treatise on Domestic Pigeons, in- 

 scribed to John Mayok, Esq., the Author concealing his name, printed for and sold by 

 C. Barky, Ingram Court, Fenchurch Street ; sold likewise by P. Stevens, near 

 Stationer's Hall, Ludgate Street ; A. Webley, Holborn ; and J. Walters, Charing 

 Cross, 1765 ; also a Work — The Complete Pigeon Fancier, by Daniel Girtin, Esq. 

 printed for Alexander Hogg, 16, Paternoster Row, London ; also, a Treatise on the 

 Almond Tumbler, Author not named, printed for Alexander Hogg & Co., 16, 

 Paternoster Row, London, 1802 and 1804 ; also, the Naturalists Library, that part 

 which relates to Pigeons ; Ornithology, Vol. 5th, part 3rd, by Prideux John Selby, 

 Esq., F.R.S., E.F.L.S., M.W.S., &c. &c. ; W. H, Lizars, 3, St. James's Square, 

 Edmburgh ; S. Highley, 32, Fleet Street, London ; and W. Curry, Jun,, and Co., 

 Dublin, 1835 ; also, the Dovecote and the Aviary, by the Reverend E. S. Dixon, M. A. ; 

 John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1851 ; also, Peter Boswell, on Pigeons, 

 sold by George Routledge, 36, Soho Square, London. 



(Eaton.) — I cannot help thinking but that I am justified, and I think this the best 

 place to call the attention of the Gentlemen of the Fancy to a very great error, that is 

 printed in a little Book, — being a compilation on Bees, Pigeons, Rabbits, and Canary 

 Birds, by Peter Boswell, Esq., — Greenlaw, to be obtained of George Routledge, 

 36, Soho Square, London, 1846. The "error" which I wish to call your attention to, 

 is in page 42, of the Work, and runs thus : — The best authenticated Treatise on Domes- 

 ticated Pigeons, especially regarding the fancy varieties, was published by Barry, of 

 Fenchurch Street, in 1765. That Treatise has been succeeded by Moore's Colum- 

 barium, and some others, founded on their authority ; — the very reverse is the fact of 

 the case, Mr. Moore's Work " preceded instead of succeeded," exactly thirty years. 

 Mr. Moore's Work^was published in 1735 ; whereas, the Work published by Barry, of 

 Fenchurch Street, was 1765, and is inscribed to John Mayor, Esq., the Author con- 

 cealing his name. It is very likely that John Moore, the Pigeon Fancier, was in 

 Heaven at the time the Work was printed. (There is something in the year 1765 

 which I never can forget, and that was, the year my late excellent and much respected 

 Father was born, December 7th, 1765.) The compilation in which this error is 

 discovered, is, as I said before, a little Work, and, although there are errors in it which 

 could only he discovered by Pigeon Fanciers, it is carefully compiled by Peter 

 Boswell, Esq., that if he had the two Works by him, the error would not have crept 

 in, and no doubt will be rectified in the next edition ; at the same time little knowing 

 how much of his Work, although not taken direct from Mr. Moore's Work, (possibly 

 he never saw it) contains so much original matter belonging to Mr. Moore, but taken 

 from Mayor's Work 1765, which he copied the greater part from Moore's Work 1735. 

 I have obtained all the Works on Pigeons I possibly could, and never read in any old 

 Work that Moore succeeded Mayor, " on the contrary," Mayor succeeded Moore 30 

 years, the dates of the book will prove, which I have by me, Moore 1735. I am 

 rather surprised Mayor had not a little more candour or honour in acknowlediug 

 Moore, from whose works he cabbaged the greater part of his work, he simply men- 

 tions his name twice throughout his work, — See 238 Paragraph, Mayor, p. 141, "So 

 far Mr. Moore, &c." and paragraph 246, Mayor, p. 125, but, as Mr. Moore observes, 

 " 'Tis pity to seperate those venerable sons of clergy and female saints." GiRTiN also 

 only mentions Moore's name twice, Paragraph 42, Girtin, p. 135, "we are indebted 

 to the late ingenious John Moore, &c. &c., and Paragraph 73, Girtin, p. 113, "In 

 treating of the diseases on Pigeons, we shall follow the late Mr. John Moore, &c., &c." 

 At this time there is a great demand of having the right men in their right places, and 

 it may be as well to have authors on Pigeons in the right places, viz. : — 



Mr. John Moore 1735 



Mr. John Mayor ... 1765 



Mr. Daniel Girtin 



I have a very strong presentiment, and cannot help believing in my conscience but 

 that Mr. Daniel Girtin was the author of the work dedicated to Mr. John Mayor, 

 the author concealing his name. That he afterwards brought out the same work, with 

 few additions and remarks, and attached his name to it— Daniel Girtin. 



