IV CONTENTS. 



FASES 



Oiapter VIII.— Babes 97—108 



„ IX. — Short-faced Tdmblers : Almonds and their 



Origin— Kites, Agates, and Splashes — ^Mottles — Baldheads 



and Beards . 108—127 



Chapter X. — Common and Performing Tumblers : Origin 

 of Tumbling — Oriental Rollers — Training of Flying 



Tumblers , . . 127— X40 



Chapter XI. — ^Pouters: Pigmy Pouters .... 140 — 154 



„ XII.— Pantails 154—158 



„ XIII.— Jacobins 158—163 



„ XIV. — Prilled Pigeons: Owls — Turbits — Tur- 

 biteens— Satinettes — Blondinettes — Vizors . . . 164 — 180 



Chapter XV. — Exhibition Antwerps 180 — 187 



„ XVI. — Trumpeters — Archangels — Nuns — Mag- 

 pies— Hunts 187—195 



Chapter XVII. — Eastern Toy Pigeons: Capuchins — Dama- 

 scenes — Swifts — Scandaroons — Indian Pigeons . . . 195 — 203 

 Chapter XVIII. — Miscellaneous Toys: Prill-baots — Floren- 

 tines — Swallows — Priests — Brunswicks — Letz Pigeons — 

 Fairies, or Fairy Swallows— Shields — Crescents — Starlings 

 — Fire Pigeons, or Fire-backs — Ice Pigeons — Hyacinths — 

 Victorias — Porcelains — Suabians — Helmets — Spots . . 203 — 209 

 Chapter XIX. — Homing PictEoifS : Modenese Flying Pigeons 209 — 221 

 „ . XX. — Diseases of Pigeons . , . . . 222 — 232 



