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BROAD OR FAN-TAILED SHAKER. 
Columba var. tremula latecauda, — Will. 
PLATE XIII. 
Pigeon paon, Buff. PI. Eiil. 13. — Pigeon trembleur paon, 
Boitard et Corbie, Monographie des Pig. Domes, p. 224. — 
Broad-tailed Shaker, Will. Om. p. 181. 
This curious variety, remarkable for the number 
of its tail-feathers, which, in some individuals, have 
been known to amount to upwards of forty, possesses, 
at the same time, the power of erecting it in the 
manner of a turkey cock, during which action, and 
particularly when paying court to its mate, it trem- 
bles or shakes, like the peacock when moving about 
with his train expanded and in full display. This 
power of spreading and erecting the tail is not, how- 
ever, conbned to the male bird, but is possessed to 
an equal extent by the female, who resembles the 
male in every respect. In size it is inferior to most 
of the varieties, and is farther characterized by hav- 
ing a short, slender bill, pendant wings, and naked 
legs and feet. It is not very prolific, and seldom 
succeeds so well in the aviary or pigeon-house as 
most of the other kinds ; and, from the size and 
position of its unwieldy tail, flies awkwardly, and 
