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XXIII. — The Trumpeter .......... 333 
XXIV. — Swifts, Lahores, Burmese, Scandaroons ....... 337 
XXV. — German Toys . . . . . . . -343 
XXVI. — The Magpie. .... ...... 357 
XXVII.— The Nun ........... 359 
XXVIII. — The Archangel .......... 363 
XXIX.— The Runt ........ . . 366 
XXX. — Pigeons as Food .......... 369 
XXXI. — Diseases of Pigeons ......... 373 
Appendix — Metropolitan Pigeon Societies and their History ..... 384 
