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in reading it over, with as much pleasure as I experienced in writing and compiling 

 the Work, we shall both have our reward. 



I have endeavoured to glean and cater for you, my inexperienced brother in the 

 Fancy (notwithstanding the sneers of some puppy would-be i'anciers), and believe 

 me, I am as ever thine, to serve thee, a brother Fancier, who has devoted time, 

 care, and attention to the subject ; and believing it to be my last effort, and never 

 attempt to write or compile another Work on this subject, but stick to my Poetry 

 belie\ang there is room for improvement ; therefore, with grateful acknowledgments 

 for past favors, take leave of you, my brother Fancier. Farewell for ever, hoping 

 we may meet in a better place. 



A brother Fancier, 



JOHN MATTHEWS EATON. 

 81, Upper Street, Islington, 

 London. (N.) 



CONTENTS. 



Tliose marked thus (*) are colored Portraits. 



Page 

 (*) Frontispiece, the 

 Almond Tumbler, 

 dedicated to the 

 Young and Inex- 

 perienced Fancier, 

 on Tame, Domestic- 

 ated, Fancy and 

 Foreign Pigeons ... 3 

 Columbarian, or the 



Pigeon House 7 



Library on Pigeons .. 16 



Introduction 20 



Judges and Umpires, 



their Duties 21 



The method of BuHd- 



ing a Loft 27 



,, method of Match- 

 ing and Pairing 

 your Pigeons ... 31 

 To know a Cock from 



aHen 32 



The generation of 



Pigeons 33 



Their Diet 36 



The Salt Cat 37 



Distempers of Pigeons 38 



Their Usefulness 42 



,, Dung 43 



(*)The Carrier 44 



The Horseman 53 



,, (*)Dragon 57 



„ Pouter, Dutch ... 59 

 „ (*)EngUsh 60 

 ,, ,, Parisian 71 

 ,, ,, Uploper 71 

 ,, Pouting Horseman 72 



,, Tumblers 74 



„ (*)Tumbler Almond 75 

 See John Matthews 

 Eaton's Almond 



Tumbler 138 



(*) Tumblers Mottled 82 

 (*) Tumbler Blue 83 



Page 

 (*) Tumbler Baldhead 83 

 (*) ,, Beard, short 



faced 85 



,, Beard, long 



faced 86 



Standards, Extremes 86 



(*) Runt, Leghorn ... 88 



,, Spanish ... 90 



,, Friesland... 90 



(*) The Spot 91 



,, Spot, white or 



masked 91 



Laugher 92 



Trumpeter ... 92 



Jacobine 94 



Capuchine ... 96 



Nun 97 



Helmet 98 



Euff 98 



Finnikin 98 



Turner 99 



Barb or 



Barbary ... 99 

 Mahomet ... 101 



Turbit 103 



Owl 104 



Broad Tailed 

 Shaker or 

 Fantail ... 106 

 ,, Narrow 



Tailed do. 107 

 An Alphabetical Ex- 

 planation ^08 



The Lace Pigeon 110 



,, Frillbackdo. ... 110 



,, Smiter do 110 



,, Chinese do 110 



(*)The Porcelain Ill 



(*) ,, AntwerpPigeon 112 

 Pigeon Fljdng Matches 



in Belgium 113 



TheSkinnum 115 



Pigeon Flying in Delhi 117 



(*) 

 {*) 



(*) 

 (*) 



Page 

 J. Gr. Kohl's Russia 



Pigeons 117 



Our Native Doves ... 118 



The Ring Dove 118 



,, Stock Dove 118 



„ Turtle Dove 119 



,, Rock Pigeon 120 



,, Wood Pigeon 120 



,, DoveHousePigeon 121 

 ,, (*)SwaUow Pigeon 123 

 ,, Swallow or Sea 



Tern Pigeon ... 123 

 ,, Lahore, or Martin 



Pigeon 124 



,, Carmelite do 124 



,, Schwab, or Suabian 



Spangled do. ... 125 



„ Priest do 126 



,, Monk do 127 



,, (*) Archangel do. 127 

 ,, Ditto, the Breast 



or White do. ... 127 

 ,, Stomacher do. ... 128 

 ,, Starling orBreasted 



Pigeon 128 



,, Swiss Pigeon 128 



„ Ice Pigeon 129 



„ Stork Pigeon 129 



,, (*)Magpie Pigeon 129 

 „ Shield Pigeon ... 129 



,, GuU Pigeon 130 



,, Pigeons 130 



,, Model Prize List 



for Pigeons 131 



,, Pigeons at the 



Shows 132 



,, A Prize List for 



Pigeons 132 



,, Australian Bronze 



Wing 136 



,, (*)Great Crowned 



Pigeon 136 



„ Almond Tumbler 138 



