DEDICATED 

 TO THE YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED FANCIER. 



TREATISE 



ON THE ART OF 



BREEDING AND MANAGING 



TAME, DOMESTICATED, FOREIGN, 



AND 



FANCY PIGEONS, 



OAKEFULLY COMPILED FKOM THE BEST AUTHOKS, WITH OBSERVATIONS AND KBrLECTIONS, 



CONTAINING ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN OF TAME, DOMESTICATED, FOREIGN 



AND FANCY PIGEONS, IN HEALTH, DISEASE, AND THEIR CURES. 



BY 



JOHN MATTHEWS EATOK 



** All that a Man knows, or ever will know, 

 is b/ Cjtsei-vc/rion cr Bo^oition." 



Locke. 



57n-i'i 



PUBLISHED FOR, AND TO BE OBTAINED OF, THE AUTHOR, 

 81, UPPER STREET, ISLINGTON GREEN, LONDON, N. 



1858. 



