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•unknown in that locality. Mr. Brent has sent us the following information on 

 the subject of their original locality, and the varieties of the breed as recognized 

 in Germany : — 



" It was in 1842 or 1S43 that I first saw this variety of pigeon at Coblentz on 

 the Ehine. I brought a pair home with me, but the hen died. Mr. Furer, in his 

 excellent description of this breed in the ' Pigeon and Poultry Newspaper ' of 

 April, 1S5S, published in Berlin, says this pigeon is a native of Ulyria, and that it 

 is common in Upper Bavaria and the Tyrol, where they are kept as dovehouse 

 pigeons, and gain their own living in the fields ; and that it is only within the last 

 forty or fifty years that it has been known in Germany, in which country it is called 

 the Htyrian or Bullfinch pigeon. Mr. F. mentions several varieties, besides the 

 red and black, and yellow and blue ; as, for instance, ' those having white flights, 

 either with or without a white spot on the forehead ; but those with a clean white 

 head and flights are most highly prized.' Then there is a pigeon of exactly the 

 same form, carriage, and marking as the common Archangel — that is, the white 

 Archangel, or, as it is called in Germany, the coloured breast pigeon ; but it is 

 very different in colour; the head, neck, and breast are of one colour, either yellow, 

 red, black, or blue, and very glossy ; the rest of the plumage being a beautiful 

 white. The English name of Archangel is a puzzle to me, for they certainly did 

 not come originally from the north." 



