RIVER GARDENS; 
as tumbler pigeons do in their flight. The variety 
termed the “ Blue Greening,” a rich blue, flushed 
with orange, is very beautiful, as are several others. 
In the Kin-yu division there is a species with 
rather large crimson spots bordered with blue, and 
another peculiar variety, entirely flesh colour, or 
“ toute chair,” as M. de Sauvigny translates the 
Chinese name. 
There is a sub-species of the Dragon-eyed division 
which have egg-shaped bodies, like the Ya-tan-yu 
family, one of which, whose entire colour is deep 
carmine, is very remarkable, and known by the 
characteristic name of the “ Cherry.” 
The species Ouen-yu , or “lettered” kind, so named 
from their streaky markings, not altogether unlike 
Chinese characters, has some very pretty varieties, 
especially one called the “ Elegant,” a perfectly 
white fish—pure paper white—sparingly dashed with 
patches of pearly pink on the body, and having 
some exquisite letter-like markings about the head 
and tail. Another is rich scarlet, shading to black 
on the back, in the midst of which is a large cross 
of pure white, having two transverse bands, like the 
cross of Lorraine. 
Among the Nin-eubk-yu , or Nymphs, I have 
omitted to name one peculiarly fine variety, called 
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