CONTENTS. 



Page. 



The Origin of Fancy Pigeons 7 



Accommodations for Pigeons ig 



Food and Feeding 43 



What Varieties to Breed 51 



Mating for Breeding 63 



The Pleasure of Pigeon Keeping 93 



Diseases of Pigeons iig 



Diseases of the Head, Brain, and Nervous System 120 



Apoplexy 120 



Vertigo 122 



Paralysis 122 



Inflammation of the Eye 123 



Spouts , 123 



Megrims 124 



Tumors 126 



Roup 126 



Crossed Bills 128 



Pip 128 



Smallpox 130 



Diseases of the Lungs and Throat 130 



Asthma 130 



Consumption or Going Light 131 



Canker 132 



Inflammation of the Lungs 135 



Diseases of the Digestive Organs 135 



Foul Crop ....'. ■. ■ 137 



Diarrhoea 137 



Cholera 13? 



Worms 138 



Liver Complaint 138 



Prolapsus or Fallen Gizzard ■ 140 



Constipation 140 



Diseases of the Skin ." 140 



Scurf or Mange , 140 



Molting 141 



Inflammation of the Oil-Gland 141 



Diseases of the Limbs 142 



Corns 142 



Cramps ■ 143 



Diseases of the Egg-Organs 143 



Egg Bound 143 



Barrenness • 146 



Fractures and Wounds 146 



Broken Beaks 147 



Torn Crops and other Flesh Wounds 147 



Insect Pests 148 



Lice 148 



Feather- Lice ._.. 150 



Mites ISO 



Fleas 151 



Ticks 152 



Pigeons as Food ISS 



Technical Terms , 163 



