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VOLUME XXVII.—No. 12. 
NEW YORK, DECEMBER, 1868. 
NEW SERIES—No. 263. 
SWALLOW. 
BEARDED TUMBLERS 
FAN-TAILS. 
GROUP OP FANCY PIGEON 8.— Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
In Lie April number is a picture of pigeons 
of very dissimilar forms. Those represented 
in the above engraving are most interesting 
for their variations in plumage. The Fan- 
tail stands entirely alone in its singular 
beauty. The tail is constantly expanded, the 
will of the bird influencing it but a little. In 
the best specimens there are upwards of 28 
feathers in the tail, and 36 to 40 feathers are not 
unusual among high-bred birds. Jacobins are 
small pigeons, with the feathers oi the neck so 
ruffled and reflected forwards as to give the 
appearance of a monk’s cowl partly thrown 
back. Swallows have the wings, the upper 
mandibles of the bills, and the feathers of the 
feet, dark, and the rest of the plumage white. 
Some have a white hood, or “ turn-crown.” 
Funs are remarkable for the brilliant contrasts 
of color, the head and throat, with the wings 
and tail, being black, while the rest of the plu¬ 
mage is brilliantly white. Some kinds are dis¬ 
tinguished by a tuft, cr turn-crown, rising like 
a slidl at the hack of the head. Trumpeters arc 
good-sized pigeons, of various colors, having a 
shell-like turn-crown, a rosette on the top of the 
head, and extravagantly feathered feet. The 
voice is peculiar, the coo being prolonged, mak¬ 
ing- the name appropriate. The Letz resem¬ 
bles the foregoing in plumage somewhat, but, 
does not trumpet. Priests are of different colors; 
black ones, with white heads and white wing- 
bars, are highly prized. The Tumblers , among 
the most interesting of fancy pigeons, turn sum¬ 
mersets on the wing; one kind is marked by 
snow-white throat-feathers, called the beard: 
others differ in characteristics and plumage. 
