PIGMY POUTERS. 



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surprised, on looking at his Pouters, how it was possible he 

 could have reduced the English Pouters down to such little 

 Lilliputians, or multwm, in pa/rvo Pouter, possessing in an 

 elegant degree all the properties of the English Pouter." The 

 breed was, however, subsequently lost ; and to Mr. Tegetmeier 

 chiefly belongs the credit of reviving it, which we believe he 

 did by working upon the small varieties of pouting pigeons pro- 



ISABEL, 



Pigmy Poutek. 



duced by the German fanciers. Tliese are numerous, and nearly 

 all possess fair crops, but nearly all are destitute of limb pro- 

 perties : the legs being generally short, and either bare or 

 heavily feathered and hocked, the latter type being known as 

 Isabels. The latter have often pretty "Toy" markings, such 

 as the white bars shown in the illustration, but are generally 

 low in carriage. By matching the two extremes of leg-feather 

 together a correct standard in that respect was easily at 

 command ; but length of limb and iipright carriage presented 

 great difficulty, and much more did the orthodox English 

 , pied marking, which was iinknown to the German birds. By 



