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THE PRACTICAL PIGEON KEEPER. 



red cere or wattle, and the wattle on the beak is also consider- 

 ably developed — about as niucli as in a London Dragoon. A 

 peciiliar redness runs along the line of mouth, and a pinky tinge 

 generally pervades the beak-wattle also. The total length of 

 face is about that of the Carrier — say two inches. The beak is 



SCAPDAROOKS 



flesh-colour. The Soandaroon is found in white, various whole 

 colours, and pieds. In all, the colour is the most rich and 

 intense of any variety of pigeon, the red especially so. Owing to 

 the length of face, light beak, and beak-wattle, the Scandaroon 

 has been considerably used in crossing both with Carriers and 

 Dragoons : with the former to produce whites ; with the latter 



