154 DOMESTIC PIGEONS. C uap. y 



this is the breed seen by Hasselquist in 1757 at Cairo, and said to have 

 been imported from India. 



Eace IX. — Jacobin. (Zopf or Periicken-Taube : Nonnains.) 



Feathers of the neck forming a hood ; wings and tail long ; leak 

 moderately short. 



This pigeon can at once be recognised by its hood, almost enclosing the 

 head and meeting in front of the neck. The hood seems to be merely an 

 exaggeration of the crest of reversed feathers on the back of the head, which 

 is common to many sub-varieties, and which in the Latz-taube 20 is in a 

 nearly intermediate state between a hood and a crest. The feathers of the 

 hood are elongated. Both the wings and tail are likewise much elongated • 

 thus the folded wing of the Jacobin, though a somewhat smaller bird 

 is fully lx inch longer than in the rock-pigeon. Taking the length of the 

 body without the tail as the standard of comparison, the folded wing 

 proportionally with the wings of the rock-pigeon, is 2i inches too long, 

 and the two wings, from tip to tip, 5i inches too long. In disposition this 

 bird is singularly quiet, seldom flying or moving about, as Bechstein 

 and Biedel have likewise remarked in Germany. 21 The latter author 

 also notices the length of the wings and tail. The beak is nearly -2 of an 

 inch shorter in proportion to the size of the body than in the rock- 

 pigeon ; but the internal gape of the mouth is considerably wider. 



Geoup IV. 



The birds of this group may be characterised by their resem- 

 blance in all important points of structure, especially in the 

 beak, to the rock-pigeon. The Trumpeter forms the only well- 

 marked race. Of the numerous other sub-races and varieties 

 I shall specify only a few of the most distinct, which I have 

 myself seen and kept alive. 



Eace X. — Trumpeter. (Trommel-Taube ; Pigeon tambour ; 



glougou.) 



A tuft of feathers at the base of the beak curling fonvard ; feet 

 much feathered ; voice very peculiar ; size exceeding that of the 

 rock-pigeon. 



This is a well-marked breed, with a peculiar voice, wholly unlike that 

 of any other pigeon. The coo is rapidly repeated, and is continued for 



20 Neumeister, ' Taubenzucht,' Tab. 4, s. 26. Bechstein, ' Naturgeschichtc 

 lig. i. Deutschlands,' Band iv. e. 36, 1795. 



21 Bicdcl, 'Die Taubenzucht,' 1824, 



