The Short-faced Almond Tumbler. i6g 



A Rioh ALMOND COCK, large size, a little White on the Back of his Neck, no Yellow 

 in his Tail except a little in the middle of one Feather, a Brown mark on one side of hia 

 Neck in front. 



A Hich ALMOND COOK, small short Body, good Shape, Pearl Eyes, and fine Beak. 



A Broad-Chested SPLASH COCK, stands low, bold Head, Pearl Eyes, fine Beak which 

 droops at the Point, stocking Leg'd. 



Another SPLASH COOK, small round Head, Pearl Eyes, short straight Beak 



A Soft Ground HEN, round Head, good Shape, a few rich Dun Feathers about her Neck 

 and Flights, stocking Leg'd, a little broken Eyed. 



A DUN HEN, fine Pearl Eyes, straight Beak, rather thin Face. 



An ALMOND HEN, strong Ground, a few Kite Feathers in her Left Flight, bright 

 Pearl Eyes, and fine straight Beak. 



A remarkable clear BLACK SPLASH COCK, Pearl Eyes, round Head, a little coarse in 

 Beak & Wattle, 



A large dark SPLASH COCK, lofty round Head, broken Eyes, short down Beak. 



A soft ground ALMOND COCK, dull pearl Eyes. 



Also a RED COCK, his right Wing only two thirds grown. 



Whoever will discover the Offender or Offenders, shall on Recovery of the said Pigeons, 

 receive FIVE GUINEAS, and in Proportion for any Part thereof; and on Conviction, a 

 further Reward of TEN GUINEAS to be paid by Mr. PARR, No. 103, Malborn-HiU. 



Or if any Person will give Mr. PARR a Hint respecting the said Robbery, his Name 

 shall be kept secret, and fully satisfied for such Information. 



It will have been noticed that Mr. Jayne mentioned the African owl as 

 a progenitor of the short-faced tumbler. The first pair of these beautiful 

 pigeons known to the present generation were exhibited within the past 

 twenty-fire years, but that they were known in this country in the last 

 century I quite believe, and Mr. Jayne had, no doubt, very good reasons 

 for his statement, Mr. Morey probably having mentioned such birds as part 

 of the composition of the short-face. 



Having, therefore, considered at some length the liistory of the short- 

 faced tumbler, so far as I have been able to trace it, I now come to a 

 consideration of the bird as it exists. The almond feathered short-face 

 first demands my attention, both because it has always been considered the 

 representative of its race, and because it best answers the standard of 

 perfection laid down. It has always been a matter of speculation, from 

 Moore downwards, why this pigeon got the name of ahnond tumbler, and 

 it has generally been supposed that it was so called from the almond 

 nut coloured feathers which compose its ground tint. The nut itself, aa 

 also the shell, both inside and outside, in all stages from ripe to rotten, 

 have been fixed on by authorities as " the reason why." Icould never see 

 why only one of the colours in this bird should give it its name, and think 

 that a whole feathered yellow pigeon would be more appropriately called an 

 almond. I incline to the belief that the name is not derived from either 

 the nut or its shell, but that, as suggested by Brent, the word almond is 

 a corruption of Allemand, the French word signifying German, and that 



