CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. — The Loft and Aviary 9 



II. — Management — Feeding, Breeding, Rear- 

 ing — The Squab, The Squeaker, The 



Adult 19 



III. — Selection — Crossing versus In-Breeding 



— Atavism 28 



IV. — The Moult 37 



V. — Diseases 44 



VI. — Judging, Showing, Preparation 78 



VII. — The English Carrier, The Dragon, 



Barb, and Antwerp 84 



VIII. — The Pouter, The Norwich Cropper, 



AND THE Pigmy Pouter 89 



IX. — The Frill Family 92 



X. — Show Homers, Exhibition Homers, and 



Genuine Flying Homers 100 



XI. — The Tumbler Family 105 



XII. — Varieties Alphabetically Arranged ... 128 



XIII.— Sporting Pigeons 148 



XIV. — Squab Rearing ... 157 



