OTHER BREEDS OP UTILITY PIGEONS 67 



The White Swiss Mondaine is a bird that has not been pampered 

 with its private apartifients, it has had to gro into regular, every day 

 squab houses and in doing this it has been worlcing under a, handicap, 

 for It's a large bird, but in the little 12 in. nests it has proven its 

 worth, and today the squab house with the 14 x 14 in. nests that are 

 well filled with the bouncing twenty to twenty-four ounce squabs 

 is as nice an investment as any one could wish for. 



The bird itself is " a long, sweepingly upright" white pigeon that 

 realizes its size and strength and on that account is not nervous or 

 flighty. It has a deep-hazel eye that is remarkable for its "liquid 

 depth" and the smooth red, eye-cere and feet are the finishing touches 

 to a graceful, well groomed bird, Avho has been pure bred for at least 

 fifteen years with "speed in production" as the motto for all matings. 



WILBUR T. HELM. 



Crested Mondaines 



I confess my ignorance regarding this breed. I have tried to 

 secure information with reference to same, but have made but 

 little headway. The bird with a crest called Mondaine is a large, 

 fine looking specimen of a pigeon, an extra good squab producer 

 while it is active, which is chiefly in the spring and summer 

 months. This bird might possess many qualities from a utility 

 standpoint, but with no more direct knovi^ledge or information, 

 this is as far as I can go. 



POLISH LYNX 



As the name would indicate the Polish Lynx pigeons originat- 

 ed in Poland. The breed is a very old one but as yet compara- 

 tively unknown in America as squab breeders. They are of 

 heavy blocky type, low short legs, and broad across the back 

 and full breasted. 



Polish Lynx are bred in two colors, blue with white bars, 

 where the ordinary pigeon has black bars and black and white 

 speckled. They are certainly a very beautiful bird both in type 

 and feather color and I understand are good squab producers. 

 Although the author's personal experience with the Polish Lynx 

 is limited, I could almost vouch for it on general good looks and 

 its seeming domestic habits. 



