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THE PRACTICAL PIGEON KEEPER. 



to have had a very attractive and characteristic outline, and 

 to have been known as a fancy bird, Eaton saying he knew a 

 pair sold for j£2.5. We copy the figure from Eaton's work, and 



L iiMON Blue Ki ^T 



from it will be readily understood the curved and swandike 

 neck, the "goose-head," turned-uja tail, and broad curved beak 

 which Moore descriljes. This variety has disappeared in Eng- 

 land, but as Brent and Eaton both knew it as imported, might 

 probably be recovered from the Mediterranean, 



