Fancy Pigeons. 



soft, by GOft., and is surrounded by hig-h walls. The buildings are placed 

 against the north wall, which is about 12ft. high, and they slope down 

 to about 7.vft. in front. The roof is slated, but about one-third of the 

 open air flights, marked BB, CC, and DD, are roofed with glass to admit 

 light, and they are wired in front. E is the entrance door to the whole ; 

 I adopted this plan from having often lost birds in other places, by the doors 

 in the open air flights being left open accidentally, being blown open by the 

 wind, or by the birds dashing past me when entering ; and it may 

 happen that not only the birds themselves may be lost in such cases, 

 but any young ones they may have, may die for want of a suitable 

 change to another pair being handy at the time. The room A is about 



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Fig. 5. — Flan of Small Pigeonry. 



16ft. long by 12ft. broad, and has a table running half round it about 

 2ft. broad, capable of holding ten bell-shaped wire show pens for train- 

 ing pouters. Below the table are two tiers of matching pens, each pair 

 having a sliding wired frame dividing them, which, when withdrawn, 

 enables the birds to go together. Two large corn chests for holding 

 food are also shown, on the top of one of which are more matching 

 pens, and the top of the other is used as a carpenter's bench, quite a 

 necessary in such a place, and never long out of use. The rooms A, B, C 

 and D are lighted by roof lights, opening when required for ventilation. 



