. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . rules of the fancy, should form almost a horizontal birds should be flown and trained while young, in thesame way as the horsemen, which they are considered tosurpass in swiftness, in short flights of from ten to twentymiles; but in longer distances, if the horsemen be well bred,they will far outstrip the dragoon. THE JACOBIN. This pigeon, o
. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . rules of the fancy, should form almost a horizontal birds should be flown and trained while young, in thesame way as the horsemen, which they are considered tosurpass in swiftness, in short flights of from ten to twentymiles; but in longer distances, if the horsemen be well bred,they will far outstrip the dragoon. THE JACOBIN. This pigeon, often called a Jack, is, when perfect in itsproi)erties, extremely rare. The real Jacobin is a very smallbird, and the smaller it is, the more valuable; it has on the ^^ : _ ^1 ^ PIGEONS. 93 y hinder part of its head, inclining towards the neck, a rangeof inverted feathers, in appearance like the cowl, or cap, of amonk; and from this peculiarity, it receives the sobriquet of« Jacobin, or capper. These feathers are technically termedthe hood, and if they grow compact and close to the head,they enhance the value of the bird considerably; the lowerpart of the hood is called the chain, and the feathers com-posing it should be long and THE JACOBIN. A small head, very small spindle-shaped beak, and beauti-fully clean, pearl eyes are other properties of this little , red, blue, and black are the colors usually bred, andin point of color, the yellow birds are preferred before allothers; however, let the color of the body be what it may,according to the rules of the fancy, the tail, flight, and headmust invariably be white; sometimes the legs and feet arecovered with feathers. THE CAPUCHIN. In its properties, this variety is closely allied to the Jacobin,and is, by some fanciers, considered a cross between that breedand some other kind. It has a longer beak, and is altogether alarger bird, than the Jacobin; its hood is extremely pretty, butit lacks the chain. THE MAWME
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