2 Pigeons and Ah About Them. 



a useful town loft. 

 If the town-dweller can commend a loft over a shed 

 or stable, such can rapidly be converted into a good 

 dwelling place for Pigeons. One-half might be wired 

 off, and used as the breeding place, and the remainder 

 used for the young birds. If large enough, it may be 

 again divided, but in such a loft the birds should be 



Flight attached to Window of a Stable Loft Aviary. 



given more space for exercise than m an out-door dwel- 

 ling. A loft so situated should contain fewer birds 

 than one of the same size built in a field or garden, 

 because the winds of heaven will not ha\x such free 

 access to it, and the birds will not obtain so much fresh 

 air as their more favoured brethren. 



CloseU' associated with the character of the dwel- 

 ling place is the (luestion of breed to be kept. Stal>les, 

 sheds, outhouses, and lofts in the confined yards of a 

 town are only suitable for such lireeds as Long-faced 

 Tumblers, Short-faced Tumblers, coloured Fantails 

 Archangels, and other small breeds. The\- are most 

 unsuitable for such breeds as Drapoons, Antwerps, and 



