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VOLUME XXVII.— No. 13. 
NEW YORK, DECEMBER, 1868. 
NEW SERIES— No. 263. 
GROUP OF 
In Hie April number is a picture of pigeons 
of very dissimilar, forms. Those represented 
in the above engraving are most interesting 
for their variations in plumage. The Fan- 
stands entirely alone in its singular 
beauty. The tail is constantly expanded, the 
will of Ihe bird influencing it but a little. In 
the best specimens there are upwards of 28 
feathers in the tail, and 36 to 40 feathers are not 
unusual among high-bred birds. Jacobin* are 
small pigeon?, with the feathers of the neck so 
ruffled and reflected forwards as to give the 
JACOBrX. ^COrYIUGiir SBOOSJED.) 
ANCY PIGEON S '.— Dravm and Engrat 
appearance of a monk's cowl partly thrown 
back. Swallows have the wings, the upper 
mandibles of the bills, and the feathers of the 
feet, dark, and the rest of the plumage while. 
Some have a white hood, or " turn-crown." 
Nuns are remarkable for the brilliant contrasts 
of color, the head and throat, with the wings 
and tail, being black, while the rest of the plu- 
mage is brilliantly white. Some kinds are dis- 
tinguished by a tuft, or tum-crowu, rising like 
a shell at the back of the head. Thvmpeters are 
good-sized pigeons, of various color-, having a 
Ifor Uu American Agriculturist. 
shell-like turu-crown, a rosette on the top of the 
head, and extravagantly feathered feet. The 
voice is peculiar, the coo being prolonged, mak- 
ing the name appropriate. The Ldz resem- 
bles the foregoing in plumage somewhat, but 
does not trumpet. Priests are of different colors ; 
black ones, with white heads and white wing- 
bars, are highly prized. The Tumblers, among 
the most interesting of fancy pigeons, turn sum- 
mersets on the wing; one kind is marked by 
snow-white throat-feathers, called the beard : 
others differ in characteristics and plumage. 
