BLACK JACOBIN 



In England, Ireland, and Scotland, as well as in this 

 country, the Jacobin is a popular and widely-bred pig- 

 eon, and deservedly so, as it is a very high-class bird 

 with many distinct properties and can be cultivated 

 successfully in many climates. It is a medium-sized 

 bird, full breasted, long, and slender, with a iaunty car- 

 riage, holding its head about eight inches from the 

 ground. Its head is small, hidden to the eyes by the 

 long hood. The eye is pearl, white, or sometimes 

 orange-tinted ; beak, short, and rather thick ; wattle, 

 small and smooth, and eye-wattle, small, circular, and 

 prominent. Head from the mouth and eye upward 

 white, also the tail-coverts and primary flight-feathers. 

 The rest of the bird is black. 



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