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In 1876, Professor Bonizzi published, at Modena, a quarto volume of 

 180 pages, entitled " I. Colombi di Modena," which is an extension of 

 his 1872 work. In this he mentions no less than 152 different varieties 

 of the Modena pigeon, all of which have received names from the 

 Triganieri. This is illustrated by the same two coloured plates as above- 

 mentioned, and by two plain plates of the pigeon house and its fittings. 



On the subject of racing, messenger, or what are called homing pigeons, 

 several books have been published. In this country Messrs. Eoutledge 

 and. Sons have published one entitled "The Homing Pigeon," by Mr, 

 W. B. Tegetmeier, P.Z.S., and Messrs. Hartley and Sons, Woolwich, 

 importers of these birds, publish another called " Homing Pigeons ; their 

 Bearing, Training, and Management," price Is. The earliest book 

 published abroad on this subject I know of ia one I have, entitled "La 

 Colombe, Messagere plus rapide que I'eclair, plus prompte que la nue, 

 par Michel Sabbagh, traduit de I'Arabe en Francois par A. I. SUvestre 

 de Sacy. A Paris, de I'imprimerie impcriale, an. xiv. ^ 1S05." This is 

 a beautifully printed octavo volume of ninety-six pages, which on being 

 opened has the Arabic on the right hand and the French translation on 

 the left. The Belgian physician, Dr. F. Chapuis, since dead (October, 

 1879), published the following works: " Le Pigeon Voyageur Beige, 

 Verviers, 1865," " Le Pigeon Voyageur Beige, de sou Instinct d'Orient- 

 ation " and " Le Pigeon dans les Forteresses et a Zanzibar. M. La 

 Perre de Eoo is author of " Le Pigeon Messager, ou Guide pour I'eleve 

 du Pigeon Voyageur," Paris. Other French works are : Payerne, "Note 

 sur la Nosographie des Pigeons," Cherbourg, and Espanet, Al, " De 

 I'Education des Pigeons, des Oiseaux de Luxe, de Voliere et de Cage," 

 Paris. 



The German books on voyageur or homing pigeons include Lenzen, H. 

 J., " Die Brief taube," Dresden, 1873; Dettel, Bob., " Der Geflugelhof," 

 5th ed., "Weimar, 1871; Du Poy de Podio "Die Brieftauben in der 

 Kriegskunst," Leipzig, 1873 ; and Buss, Dr. Karl, " Die Brieftaube. Ein 

 Hand-und Lehrbuoh fiir ihre Verpflegung, Abrichtung, &c.," Hanover, 

 1877. 



In Herr Priitz's list of books on pigeons in his " Die Arten der 

 Haustaube, he mentions, Harris, B. D., " The Structure, Fhght, and 

 Habits of the Different Varieties of the Domesticated Pigeon," Boston. 

 I have not seen this, the only book on pigeons published in America, I 



