153 nnoAD oe fan-tailed shaker. 
is apt to be carried away or overset by the wind. 
To retain all the characters above mentioned, it is 
necessary to keep the breed perfectly pure, as any 
Cioss is certain to diminish one or more of the pe- 
culiar qualities of the race. The ordinary appear- 
ance of the fan-tail is white, or white with a hlack 
head and tail. It is also frequently seen with the 
mantle and tail affecting the various colours which 
prevail in domestic pigeons, as dark and light blue, 
reddish-brown, &c. Tlie female of this variety, 
crossed with the male glou-glou, or Tarahour Pigeon, 
produces the Narrow-tailed Shaker or Quaker, in 
which the number of the tail-feathers decrease, as 
well as the power of spreading and erecting it. The 
trembling action, however, remains unabated. 
Our next plate represents a variety not less re- 
markable ; it is the 
