l* THE NATURAL HISTORY 
The Fantail Pigeon.—The tail is railed, very 1 
wide, and furnifhed with many feathers. This! 
I igcon can raife and fpread its tail like the Turkey] 
Cock. Some of them have thirty feathers in 
their tails, whilft many other Pigeons have but 
twelve. When their tails are fpread, they are[ 
not only raifed but thrown forwards towards thej 
bead, and their heads are drawn back towards I 
the tail; all this time there is a quivering in the I 
neck, as though it were convulfed by the feemingl 
exertion. 1 hefe Pigeons do not fly fo well as 
other?, their large tails appear to be an incum¬ 
brance, and often cCcahons them to be blown out 
of their right direflion by the wind. Some of 
thefe are quite white, and fome white except the 
bead and tail, which are black. 
T he 'I umbler is rather (mailer than the com¬ 
mon Pigeon, and frequently turns over and over 
as it flics, until it almofl: reaches the ground, as 
though it were feized with a giddinefs. It rifes 
very hign, its flight is rapid, and all its move¬ 
ments quick and irregular. It is a final! Pigeon, 
and has fometimes been called the Pantomime 1 
Pigeon from its tumbling. 
The Almond Tumblers are the mod valued : 
eighty guineas have been given for one of them. 
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