. 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 . st 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 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 . st 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 MAWMET. The Mahomet, commonly corrupted to Mawmet, is a beau-tiful cream-colored bird, with bars of black across its wings; . ^ ^i m^ I*t ^ T 94 PIGEONS. W although the surface of its feathers is of a cream-color, the partnext the body, the flue feathers, and even the skin, are of a darksooty tint; it is about the size of a turbit, but it has in placeof a frill, a fine gullet, with a seam of beautiful feathers; itshead is thick and short, and its eyes orange-color, surroundedby a small, naked circle of black flesh; it has a little blackwattle on its beak, which is short and stout, and somewhatresembles that of a THE BARB. This variety was originally brought from Barbary. In size,it is somewhat larger than the Jacobin; it has a short, thickbeak, a small wattle, and a circle of thick, naked, mcrustedflesh round its eyes; the wider this circle of flesh spreads roundthe eye, and the more brilliant its color, the more the bird isprized; the circle is narrow, at first, and is not fully developeduntil the bird is three or four years old. The plumage of the Barb is usually dun or black; but thereare pied birds of both colors; these last are held in little esti-mation, as they are supposed to be only half bred; when thepinion feathers are dark, the irides of its eyes are pearl color;but when the pinions are white, the irides are red. Some ofthese birds are orn
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