NEW YORK, AND ROCHESTER, N. Y, AUG, 10, 1872 
[Entered according to Ac* of Congress, In tha y ear 1372, by n. a r. Moon re, in the office of toe Librarian of Congress, at Washington.! 
tol, and port of Devon. The fifth class was 
that of birds which belonged to places more 
than 150 miles distant, such as Plymouth, 
Manchester, Hull, and the North of Kng- 
lftnd. Besides these, there was a flight of 
seventy pigeons belonging to t he Brussels 
society, which had to cross the Channel. 
Prizes were given, in each class separately, 
for the swiftest tlight of a pigeon from the 
Crystal Palace to its home; a regular time 
allowance, of so mauy minutes to the mile, 
being made for differences of distance with¬ 
in the limits of each class. The time actually 
taken by each bird for its journey was 
promptly made known by a telegram an¬ 
nouncing Us arrival, which the owner was 
prizes were duly awarded next day. The 
birds that won prizes were scut back to tlm 
Crystal Palace, by railway, for exhibition. 
We copy from The Graphic Mr. 11 akuihon 
\Vei it's portraits of the pigeons which won 
the lirst prize in each class. Unfortunately 
we have not seen the time made and the 
distance traveled by the respective birds. 
Why can we not have carrier pigeon races 
in this country similar to this projected by 
Mr. Teoetauciek? 
ries black; wing secondaries white on out¬ 
side web and black on inside web; tail 
black; tail coverts glossy green-black; les¬ 
ser coverts silvered on the edge; legs, scales 
bright yellow; feathers white, slightly mot¬ 
tled with black. 
A pure-bred Light Brahma heu should 
have comb, face, deaf-ear and wattles bright 
red; head white; neck white, distinctly 
Striped down the middle of each feather 
with rich black; breast and back white; 
wings white, the primaries alone being 
black; tail black, the two highest, or deck 
feathers, edged with white; thighs and 
fluff white; legs bright rich yellow, feathers 
white, slightly mottled with black. 
CARRIER PIGEON RACE 
Not long since there was an “ All Eng¬ 
land Pigeon Race ” from the Crystal Palace, 
London, There were live classes of com¬ 
petitors, according to the distances the 
pigeons had to fly from the Crystal Palace 
to their respective homes. The lirst class 
was or birds whoso owners lived within thir¬ 
ty miles, as in London and its suburbs, or 
as far as Richmond or Windsor iu one di¬ 
rection and Gravesend in another. The se¬ 
cond class, those dwelling within a distance 
of from thirty to fifty uules, included the 
pigeons of Brighton and Hastings, of Can¬ 
terbury aud Maidstone, of Chelmsford, 
Hertford, and Reading. The third class, 
from lifty to one hundred miles, extended 
to Dover, Margate, Norwich, Leicester, 
Northampton, Cambridge, Oxford, Glou¬ 
cester, Winchester, and Southampton, The 
fourth class, from one hundred to 150 miles, 
reached Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Staf¬ 
ford.,. Shrewsbury, Monmouth,-Bath, Bris¬ 
FOULTRY NOTES AND QUERIES 
Distinctive Features of Light Brah¬ 
mas.—Can, you tell me the distinguishing 
features between pure-bred and mixed 
Light Brahmas; or how could 1 select from 
a mixed flock the pure-bred fowls.—J. C. 
(L, layer*'HI, Oat. 
A PUKE-BRED Light Brahma cock should 
have comb, face, deaf-ear and wattles rich 
bright red; head, white; neck white, with 
distinct black stripe down the center of the 
feather; breast, mjderpart of body and 
thighs white; saddle, white striped with 
black; back and shoulder coverts white; 
wing bow/nnd coverts white; wing prima¬ 
Heus Can Swim.—A correspondent of 
the London Field furnishes the following 
statement.A common hen, on ducks’ 
fi ggs, batched two. These, after the man¬ 
ner of their kind, coming near a pond, took 
to the water. The foster-mother, after dis¬ 
playing every sign of anxiety, and calling 
in vain, deliberately plunged into the pond 
and swam across, pressing the little ones 
before her breast, and drove them ashore. 
Seen by two crediblo witnesses.” 
CA_Iv’,iiIK:ii 3?ICrlGQNS — T J ItI^ K 
