TABLE OF CONTENTS 15 



CHAPTER XXVI 



Page 

 RODENTH AND THIEVES 150 



Common Enemies of the Pigeon Breeder and How to Get 

 Rid of Them. 



CHAPTER XXVn 



THE ADVANTAGE (_)F A STANDARD 152' 



Standards Written with a Definite Aim in View — Results of 

 Ignoring Standard — Learning and Interpreting Standards and 

 Its Reward — Advantage of Breeding Birds to a Standard — 

 Standard a Guide for the Beginner and Also the Breeder. 



CHAPTER XXVHI 



HOMERS 157 



Description of the Breed — The Breed has Suffered for Lack 

 of a Specialty Club. 



CHAPTER XXIX 



KINGS 160 



White Kings, Description and Origin — Excellent Squab Pro- 

 ducers — Ideal E.xhibition Birds — Silver Kings, Description 



and Origin. 



CHAPTER XXX 



CARNEAUX 16V 



Origin — Much Credit Due to Specialty Clubs Fostering This 

 Breed — l^rincipally a Utility Breed — Exhibition Bird Second 

 to None — Description of the Different Varieties. 



CHAPTER XXXI 



RUNTS 172 



Darwin on Runts — Probable Origin — Name Very Inappropriate 

 — Runts Sometimes Bred in Individual Pens — Change for 

 Better in Type — Runt not a Slow Breeder — Description of the 

 Different Varieties. 



CHAPTER XXXII 



HUNGARI.VNS 1"S 



A Splendid Breed — Green on Origin of the Hungarian — Bird of 

 Beautiful Lines — Color Contrast Great — Well Suited to Com- 

 mercial Squab Production — Description of the Different 

 Varieties. 



