. The practical pigeon keeper . Pigeons. MAGPIES AND RUNTS. 193 and can be bi'ed as usual. The marking breeds, as a rule, very true; and it will give little trouble to preserve, provided the higher-cut bii-ds are selected—that is, those in which the. Leqhobh Bunt. colour on the breast ends rather high up. The Magpie is a very free and hardy breeder and good feeder, but apt to be a little wild. Kindness will get over this, and those of a quiet disposition make capital nurses. Runts are the giants of the pigeon family, few birds being ever exhibited under 2 lbs. weight. Moore mentions several va
. The practical pigeon keeper . Pigeons. MAGPIES AND RUNTS. 193 and can be bi'ed as usual. The marking breeds, as a rule, very true; and it will give little trouble to preserve, provided the higher-cut bii-ds are selected—that is, those in which the. Leqhobh Bunt. colour on the breast ends rather high up. The Magpie is a very free and hardy breeder and good feeder, but apt to be a little wild. Kindness will get over this, and those of a quiet disposition make capital nurses. Runts are the giants of the pigeon family, few birds being ever exhibited under 2 lbs. weight. Moore mentions several varieties, and one of them, known aa the Leghorn Runt, seems. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Lewis, 1838-1905. London : Cassell
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