The Breeds of Pigeons. 215 



I he rose is a round spot just above the shoulders, 

 from which radiate the hood, chain, and mane; the 

 latter property consists of long, strong feathers, 

 which support the hood ; tlie mane should grow \\ ell 

 out from the juncture of the neck and the shoulders, 

 and proceed upwards regularly and exenly till it meets 

 the hood. A strong, firm, well-filled mane adds 

 greatl)' to the finished appearance of a good Jacobin ; 

 in fact, without a strong mane it is impossible to ha\e 

 that squareness at the base of the hood which is so 

 much desired. 



The markings of the Jacohiii are as follows ; The 

 skull should be white, from the beak to the base of 

 the hood ; the rump, tail, :md tail coverts shoukl be 

 white, also the ten outer flights ; the rest of the bird 

 should be dark, that is in the coloured \"arieties, the 

 one exception being the \\ hite, which, of course, is 

 white all over. 



The colours are blacks, reds, \ello\\s, whiles, 

 kites, strawberries, duns, mealies, silvers, blues, and 

 chequers. The blacks, reds, vellows, and whites are 

 styled standard colours and the others off-colours, as 

 thev are more or less offshoots. 



The faults most usuallv found are slackness and 

 shortness of feather, foulness of face, odd and short 

 flights, long heads, odd and wrong coloured eves. 



TFIE FANTAIL. 

 This is one of our mcjst charming of Pigeons, 

 and those who want to know more about it than can 

 be crowded into a general manual like this must turn 

 to mv monograph, " The Fantail Pigeon." Outside 

 of the Fancv proper no Pigeon is more popular than 

 the Fantail, whilst its popularity as an exhibition 

 bird is shown by the fact that year after year all o\er 

 the countrv classes for Fantails are increasing in 

 number, and meeting with good support. My friend. 

 l\[r. Richard Woods, although essentially a hard 

 feathered devotee, is so fond of the Fantail that he 

 has described it as "the ladies' bird." ^^Tat 

 higher testimonv to its grace and charm could be 

 rendered? The chief charm of the Fantail is that it 



