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more, or unequal numbers, are not recognised by Indian fanciers. 

 Foul or ragged-cut heads are also a difficulty. A few reds and 

 yellows are known. There are only twelve feathers in the tail, 

 which is quite close ; and it is at once obvious that no such 

 bird could be bred down from the Fantail. It is far more 

 likely that the " motion " of the Mookee was grafted on to the 

 FantaU. 



The Goolee is marked on head and neck like the Sherajee, 

 or Lahore, but differs in the taU being coloured and the wings 

 white. It is clean-legged. A more valued variety is mottled 

 on the wings. As in the mottled Sherajee, however, this 

 mottling is different to EngKsh mottling, where separate white 

 feathers appear on a solid coloured ground. This Indian 

 mottling consists of separate coloured feathers on a solid white 

 gi'ound. The higher class of Goolees have a high forehead, 

 with almost a " stop " to it. The wings are carried low, and 

 the birds walk on tiptoe. The resemblance in all these points 

 to the short-faced Tumbler has been remarked upon in Chapter 

 IX. Sometimes the Goolee is bred with the head, tail, and 

 speckles on the wing of three different colours, and is then of 

 higher value — this strange mixture of three colours in one 

 bird being another strange coincidence with Almond Tumbler 

 history. 



The engraving of these Indian pigeons is made from 

 sketches by Mr. LyeU. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



MISCELLANEOUS TOYS. 



We have now to notice briefly a miscellaneous crowd of 

 pigeons, most of which have been produced in Germany, where 

 the fanciers have given themselves specially to feather and 

 marking, and have produced an extraordinary number of 



