. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. PETS PETS 521 The Carriers were first described by Willoughby in 1677. These pigeons originally were brought from Persia, and are remarkable for the length and strength of beak and the carunculation of bare skin about its base and about their eyes. They are rather monstrous-looking birds. They are bred by a number of fanciers here and abroad, and are purely fancy birds, and not the pigeons used to transmit messages. Barb.—Closely allied to the Carrier is the Barb, a pigeon of the same general development, eye, cere and wattle, bu
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. PETS PETS 521 The Carriers were first described by Willoughby in 1677. These pigeons originally were brought from Persia, and are remarkable for the length and strength of beak and the carunculation of bare skin about its base and about their eyes. They are rather monstrous-looking birds. They are bred by a number of fanciers here and abroad, and are purely fancy birds, and not the pigeons used to transmit messages. Barb.—Closely allied to the Carrier is the Barb, a pigeon of the same general development, eye, cere and wattle, but whose beak is short and the wattle not so exaggerated. This variety and the Carrier are probably from the same original stock, the Barb being in all probability the older type, and from it the long-beak bird has developed. The pic- tures of Aldronvandi (1600, about) seem to represent the Barb rather than the Carrier. The Dragoon is akin to the Carrier, and it is said was produced by judicious crossing on the Carrier and then back-breeding to the " Horseman " of the earlier times. It is a stocky bird, being shorter in body and heavier than the Carrier, and with a very characteristic carriage from which the name was derived. The Fantail seems to trace its history back to the Sanskrit days in India, where it was kept before 1600. This variety is to many the most attractive of all the varieties. The wide-spreading tail, whose feather ends are plumed like " my lady's " fan, the proud carriage, with the head touching the over- shadowing tail, and crop and chest extended, give it a very fascinating appearance. It is bred to as large an extent as almost any other variety. It comes in various solid or uniform colors, as black, white, yellow and red. Hooded Jacobin. — With the Fantails may be classed the hooded Jacobin. These pigeons existed before 1600, but were not nearly so well developed as today, nor was the head white as in the modern type. These pigeons w
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