326 



Fancy 



Pigeons. 



ExHiBiTiNO Pigeons. 



PAnE 



Exhibition pens 53 



Judging pen for ponters ... 54 



Pigeon shows 50 



Preparing pigeons for shows 53, 289 



PAflE 



51 



Travelling boxes and baskets 

 Value of exhibition pigeons 



51, 226, 279 



General Management of Fancy Pigeons. 



Appearance of good eggs 

 Appearance of young pige ns 



Assistance in hatching 



Bathing water 



Best pigeons for beginners ... 

 Changing young ones to 



feeders 



Chipped eggs, how repaired ... 

 Elements of success in breed- 

 ing 



Evil of overcrowded lofts 

 Fattening young pigeons 

 Feeders for young pigeons ... 



Fertile eggs, how told 



Food suitable for fancy 



pigeons 



Gravel for the aviary 

 Green food for pigeons .. 

 Growth of young pigeons 

 How to match up pigeons 



Litekatuee, &c., connected with Fancy Pigeons. 



Akbar's (The Emperor) book 



on pigeons 1, 18, 



Aldrovandus on pigeons 

 American standard for judging 



pigeons 



Anacreon's ode to the carrier 



pigeon, B.C. 520 1, 138 



Arabic-French book on homing 



pigeons, 1805 



Baldamus' (Dr. A.E. E.)book 



on pigeons, 1878 



Boitard and Corbie's book on 



pigeons, 1824 



Bonizzi's (Prof. P.) book on 



pigeons, 1872 



Bonizzi's (Prof. P.) book on 



pigeons, 1876 21 



123 



8 



321 



21 



20 



18 



20 



134 



Boswell (Peter) on pigeons, 

 <fcc 



Brent's (P. B.) " The Pigeon 

 Book" 



Chapuis (Dr. F.) on homing 

 pigeons 



Columella on pigeons 



"De Jure Columbarum," 1706 



Delamer's (E. S.) " Pigeons 

 and Kabbits," 1854 



Dixon's (Eev. E. S.) "Dove- 

 cote and Aviary," 1851 8 14 



Dutch book on homing 

 pigeons 



Eaton's (J. M.) Circular ... 



Eaton's (J. M.) coloured por- 

 traits of pigeons 10 



14 



17 



21 



18 



14 



321 

 323 



