THE BREEDS OF POULTRY 35 



Carneaux. Squab Homers. 



Montabans. Strassers. 



Hungarian Hens. Polish lynx. 



Maltese. White king's. 



Dragoons. Mondaines. 



Some of the foregoing are now also being bred strictly for 

 fancy points. 



II. Medium and Small Pigeons 



Next comes the large class of medium sized and small 

 pigeons which are so difficult of classification because they 

 generally have no one particular trait, and more often have 

 two traits of interest. Hence it is almost impossible to select 

 a basis for their classification. We will, however, list those 

 with the most points, first, and let the others follow after. 



Barbs. One of the oldest and rarest of high class pigeons. 



Fantails. Perhaps our oldest of fancy pigeons. 



Jacobins. 



Scanderoons. A rare Oriental breed. 



Pouters: a, Pigmy, the smaller English pouter; b, 

 French; c, Brunner; d, Bohemian; e, Munster; /, Elster; 

 g, Pommeranian; h, Norwich; i, Holland. 



Owls, a, English; b, African and c, Chinese. 



Turbits. 



Oriental frills, a, Satinettes; b, Blondincttes c, Bluettes; 

 d, Dominos. 



Magpies. These are now a distinct breed although they 

 were formerly one of the members of the tumbler family. 



Trumpeters : a, Russian, which might be said to belong 

 to the large breeds used for squab breeders, but they are 

 usually kept strictly for fancy, so they properly belong here. 

 b, English; c, Dutch; d, Altenberg and e, Priests. 



Swallows (chiefly bred and admired for their contrast of 

 color). 



Archangels. Ice. 



Nuns. Porcellan. 



Helmets. Frillbacks. 



Larks. Starlings. 



Modena. Mooreheads. 



Florentine, Tumblers. 



