CONTENTS. 



Dedication to the young and 

 inexperienced Fancier of 



the Almond Tumhler . 1 — 6 

 Description of the Bird — the 



Feather 7 



Shape or Carriage .... 8 



Head 8 



Beak 9 



Eye 9 



Matching or Pairing ... 10 



OfLaj-ing 13 



Of Hatching ..... 14 



Of Shifting 15 



Of Moulting 16 



Of Vermin 17 



The Loft 18 



Of Penning the Birdg . . 19 



Of the Neat Pans .... 20 

 Marks, hy which to ascertain 

 the colours of young Birds 



in the Nest 20 



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Of Drafting 21 



Of Barren Birds .... 21 



Of Washing 22 



Of Flying the Birds ... 22 



Of Loam 22 



Of Gravel 23 



Mortar 23 



Of their Food . . . - . 24 



Of their Drink 25 



Of Parting the Birds after the 



Breeding Season ... 25 



Of their Dung 26 



Of their Diseases ..... 26 



The Roop 28 



The Vertigo or Meagrims . 28 



The Staggers 28 



Scouring or Purging ... 29 



The SmaU Pox 29 



Of Odd or Unmatched Birds 29 



General Observations . . 31 



