Tlie Antwerp Carrier. 



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the birds, proves that he knows nothing whatever about the subject 

 on which he undertakes to decide. 



"At the exhibition of the birds that won in the late (1876) race to 

 Brussels from the Alexandra Palace, several distinct types were recog- 

 nisable. Some of the birds were rather light and fine in the head, whilst 

 others were heavy, thicker in head, and stouter in body. Although the 

 lighter birds are generally regarded as flying well in fine weather and for 

 short distances, the stouter are tisually regarded as the standard type. 



" Of the three engravings which accompany this article, the first (Fig. 1) 





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Fig. 1. 



represents, life size, a head, which may be regarded aa that of a very 

 handsome Belgian voyagenr cock. It may be taken as that of the bird 

 which Mons. Ch. Mills and Mr. C. L. Sutherland— both practical men— 

 gaye me the first prize for at the Alexandra poultry show, 1875. But it 

 was not drawn from that bird, but from a cock I obtained of Mons. 

 Ch. Mills. The bird has all the properties that I desire to see in the head 

 of a flying pigeon. A full developed brain case, showing a large brain and 

 such a structure of head as indicates strength and endurance, and he is 



