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and on vellum paper with coloured plates, at 6f., 12f., and 2 If. respectively. 

 It seems to treat its subject more from a naturalist's than fancier's point 

 of view. It is now worth considerably more than the published prices, 

 having become scarce, as much as 15s. being sometimes asked for the 

 edition with plain plates. 



Other French works on pigeons are, Lullin, F., *'L'art de distinguer, 

 d'elever, de multiplier et d'engraisser les differentes especes et varietes 

 des Pigeons, de Colombier, et de Voliere," avec 28 planches, Paris 1860, 

 12mo. ; Didieux, M., "Guide d'eleveur des Pigeons, de Colombier, et de 

 Volit're, Paris ; as well as several other small handbooks. 



Of German books on fancy pigeons there are a considerable number. 

 The principal one is " Das Ganze der Taubenzucht " (the whole art of 

 breeding pigeons), by Gottlieb Neumeister. This is now in its third 

 edition, having been first published in 1839, I beheve. The copy I have 

 was published at AVeimar in 1876, and is edited by Herr Gnstav Priitz, 

 the editor of a German bi-monthly periodical on pigeons, entitled 

 Cohimbia, which is published at Stettin. " Das Ganze der Taubenzucht " 

 in an oblong quarto book of about sixty closely printed pages, illustrated 

 with seventeen coloured plates of fancy pigeons, each containing from 

 four to fourteen separate figures. They are extremely crude as regards 

 execution, but serve to give some idea of the numerous varieties fancied 

 in Germany. 



"Die Arten der Haustaube " (the varieties of the domestic pigeon), 

 by the above Herr Gnstav Priitz, is an octavo book, which contains all 

 the letterpress in Neumeister's work, and a little in addition. This book 

 is not illustrated, except by a sUght woodcut of an English pouter (from 

 Tegetmeier's "Pigeons "), on the cover. The copy I have is the third 

 edition, published at Leipzig in 1873, and the author gives a Hst of 

 German publications on the subject of pigeons, which appear to be 

 numerous. Of these I may mention, Brehm, Chr. Ludw., " Die Natur- 

 geachichte und Zucht der Tauben," Weimar, 1857. A new edition, by 

 Gnstav Priitz, is in the press ; Carl, L., " Untersuohungen iiber den Scha- 

 delbau domestieirter Tauben," Pima, 1878 ; Korth, Dr. D., " Die Tauben- 

 zucht zum Vergniigen, oder die Flug-und Hoftauben," Berlin, 1855; 

 Putsche, Br., " Taubenkatechismus, mit 3 Kupfertaseln," Leipzig; 

 "Der Taubenfreund," 6th edition, Plauen, 1876 ; "Der Tauber oder die 

 Geheimnisse der Tauben-und Hiihnerzucht, " 4th edition, Naumburg, 



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