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seen to-day. Yellows are quite popular and have improved 

 much. These were the last to gain slenderness of grow^th, so 

 much admired. 



The Whites, unfortunately, have gone back very much dur- 

 ing the past two or three years. I do not mean by this that 

 there are no good ones, but they are few, indeed, in comparison 

 with the others. In many sections of our Eastern States the 

 Pouter is the most popular of the different varieties of fancy 



pigeons, and much enthusiasm is displayed by the fanciers, and 

 in one instance the writer can relate having seen several hun- 

 dred specimens in one show, nearly all of which were of excp- 

 tional quality. 



Magpie. 



To keep Magpies is to love them. Their charming colors, 

 alertness, delicate and symmetrical form and the manner in which 

 they care for themselves and their young endear them to their 



