. 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 . THE HORSEMAN. range loose, without any other birds in company. Thisvariety is the kind generally employed in carrying letters; thegenuine carriers being much too scarce and valuable to becommonly THE POUTER. All pigeons, as is well known, have the capability of in-flating their crops with air; and a fine pigeon, with breastfeathers glossed with
. 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 . THE HORSEMAN. range loose, without any other birds in company. Thisvariety is the kind generally employed in carrying letters; thegenuine carriers being much too scarce and valuable to becommonly THE POUTER. All pigeons, as is well known, have the capability of in-flating their crops with air; and a fine pigeon, with breastfeathers glossed with metallic tints, strutting and bowing, withan inflated crop, around his mate, presents no uninterestingspectacle; but this remark will not apply to this bird. Inthe English pouter, or pouting horseman, there is nothing Em —-€ii PIGEONS. 91 pleasing in its appearance nor graceful in its proportions;indeed, the inflation of the voluminous crop, rendering an erect,stiff, and apparently constrained attitude necessary, gives anaspect of distortion, or a want of a due balance of parts. The pouter is of large size, often measuring eighteen inchesin length from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail. Thechest is not really voluminous, though it appears enormouswhen the crop is distended with air; the back is concave, andthe tail ample; the tarsi are very long, and covered with downyfeathers. These pigeons are of various colors, as blue,
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