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JACOBINE PIGEON. 
Columba cucullata Jacobina Will. 
PLATE XIV. 
Pigeon Nonnain capucin, J\Ionog. dcs. Pig. Domes, p. liJ5. 
This curious variety, which, as transmitting to its 
posterity a form precisely similar, with all the pecu- 
liar characters untliminished, comes under the desig- 
nation, among pigeon fanciers, of a pure or perma- 
nent race, is distinguished by a remarkable ruff or 
frill of raised feathers, which, commencing behind 
the head, and jiroceediiig down the neck and breast, 
form a kind of hood, not unlike that worn by a 
monk ; and from its resemblance to which it has ob- 
tained its Gallic trivial name of Nonnain cnpiicin. 
In size it is one of the smallest of the domestic 
pigeons, but its form is light and elegant. The bill 
is very short ; the eyes surrounded with a moderate 
circle of naked red skin. The legs are unplumed. 
The head, the wings, and the tail, are always white. 
The usual colour of the hood is reddish-brown, with 
iridescent tints. The mantle, the wing-coverts, and 
the breast, are reddish-brown. It is also sometimes 
seen with the mantle and wing-coverts of a very 
