46 AMERICAN SQUAB CULTURE 



A bird with all the Carneau characteristics and one that will 

 coiiiply in type, size, head, color of beak, eyes, and in every 

 other detail to .the standard, can be produced with black, dun, 

 white or bluish feathers by the process of crossing in a black 

 pigeon of some other breed or any other color desired, and then 

 breeding out the foreign blood by crossing and recrossing the 

 offspring back to full blooded Carneaux, saving only youngsters 

 nf the (lesireil color or those that had a tendency to the desired 

 eoloi'. 



To establish a black breed of Carneaux therefore, by this 

 method, we must cross Carneaux with black pigeons of some 

 ntlier l)rcrd. Homers, Runts or Maltese will do, but preferably 

 a cross between these three breeds as is described in the article 

 on Wliite Carneaux. 



Black Homers, Mondaincs, Runts and Maltese do not 

 hfivc light bnfiks, ;ii,d there are very few breeds of black pigeons 

 that have light braks. There are black Tumblers with light 

 bea!;y, but Uicj liave pearl eyes, and a Black Carneau must 

 have a Carneau eye and not a Tumbler eye; hepce the Tumblers 

 or any pcarleycd pigeon cannot be used in the production of a 

 black Caiiieau without encountering the necessity of breeding 

 out pearl eyes, which would be an added obstacle. 



The offspring of a iilfick pigeon and a Carneau will occasional- 

 ly be dun or brov\n with light beaks, but offspring of the same 

 combination are more apt to be a dirty red with a smutty or 

 bluish breast and rnmp, and some of the squabs by the same 

 mating are apt to be mottled in various colors, with occasionally 

 a blue barred offspring; none of which can Tje used in the mak- 

 ing of a black (.aiiiLau except the duns or browns with light 

 beaks, and if these show bars on their wings they cannot be 

 used. 



By recrossing the duns and browns with light beaks with 

 othor birds of the same color and produced in the same way, 

 now and then a black one will appear with a light beak. If 

 it is then crossed back with a full blooded Carneau they will 

 prodiice' an occasional black youngster with a light beak, and 

 after this point is reached successfully by several different 

 routes, .10 as to keep fairly free from in-breeding, such birds 

 can he mated to others produced in the same way and remated 

 until they will perpetuate themselves in color. Tt must be kept 



