PiUEONS AXD ALL ABUUl' THEM. 



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THE SCANDAROON. 



I BELIEVE I said soiiiewliere in tliis work tliat to m 

 pigeons were Ijeautiful, but I fear 1 will liave to 

 tlie line on the.Scandaruou. 

 This bird is like no otber. It lias somewhat the Ijody t 

 uf the Homer, though more lenj^tby in build. Legs c 

 and rather short; wings well folded and laiijiing over 

 The head is large in proportion to body. .Small eye and 

 wattles, the latter extending well down (Ui the beak, m 

 is curved down. It can hardly bo called a "yickle-ljill' 



e all 

 draw 



liajiC 

 lean, 

 tail. 

 I)eak 

 •hi eh 

 ' yet 



SCANDAROON. 

 there is a curve from the face to the tip of the beak. 



There are not many of them in this country, and the few 

 fanciers who keep them, and to whom I have spoken, have 

 admitted that they saw no beauty in them, but kept them 

 because they were odd and quaint looking. 



In Germany the Scandaroons have a strong j.lace in favor. 

 and at Nuremberg especially, they can be found in profusion. 

 I do not think the bird will ever be popular in America, for 

 the reason that it has no particular beauty, or good points to 

 commend it. 



