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covering the big eyes and evenly meeting on both sides, reaching 

 as far down the breast as possible. The mane should be well 

 sprung into an arch shape from its junction with the back of the 

 hood. The feathers should be thick and smooth and meeting 

 from either side in a graceful curved line without a break. The 

 center from which the feathers radiate at the side of the neck to 

 form the main chain is known as the rose. The head above the 

 under mandible, the rump. The tail and ten flight feathers on 

 cither side should be white ; the remainder of the body in colored 

 varieties should be lustrous in color whether red, yellow or black. 



The Fantail. 



White or pearly eyes, long flights and tail, slim and tapering 

 body and erect carriage make up the remaining properties of the 

 fascinating Jacobins, one of the most beautiful varieties that is 

 in existence. 



The Fantails. 

 Of all the different varieties of pigeons possibly none attract 

 the attention of the visitors at our leading shows more than the 

 Fantails. It is conceded by all that this is one of the most inter- 

 esting and fascinating of all fanc^ varieties of pigeons. Ag w^ 



