12 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
The Fantail Pigeon.—The ye is raifed, very 
ae and furnifhed with many feathers. — -This 
Pigeon can raife and {pread its tail like the Turkey 
Cock. Some of them have thirty feathers in 
their tai Is, whilft many other Pigeons. have but 
twelve. When their tails are fpread, they are 
not only raifed but thrown forwards towards the 
head, and their heads are dr2wn back towards 
"the tail; all this time there is a quivering in the - 
neck, as though it were convu ulfed by the feeming 
exertion. Thefe Pigeons do not Ay fo well as * 
others, their large tails -appear-to be an incum- * 
; brance, and often occafions them to be blown out ie 
of their right direction by the wind. Some of 
thefe are quite white, and fome w ite except the 
head and tail, which are black, 
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ee ~The Tumbler is rather {mailer ‘than the com- 
mon Pigeon, and freq uently turns over and over. 
as it flies, until it almoft reaches the ground, as — 
though it were feized with a‘ giddinefs, . _It rifes - 
very high, its fight is rapid, and all its moves> 
ments quick and irregular. It is-a final Pigeon, © 
= and. has fometimes been called the Pantomime 
Pigeon. from its tumbling. | 
‘The Almond Tumblers are. the moft valued : 
| eighty guinegys have been given for one of. them. 
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