. 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 . rance. There is another and still more beautiful variety of thisbreed, called by some fanciers the ermine tumbler, tutwhich is generally known by the name of the almondtumbler. It is an extremely elegant, and highly-prizedvariety, and is derived from common tumblers judiciouslymatched; as yellows, duns, whites, black-splashed, black-frizzled, &c., so a
. 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 . rance. There is another and still more beautiful variety of thisbreed, called by some fanciers the ermine tumbler, tutwhich is generally known by the name of the almondtumbler. It is an extremely elegant, and highly-prizedvariety, and is derived from common tumblers judiciouslymatched; as yellows, duns, whites, black-splashed, black-frizzled, &c., so as to sort the feathers. f 88 PIGEONS. When in perfection, tumblers are esteemed by many personsto be the prettiest of all the pigeon tribe; and this high opinionis borne out by the beautiful diversity of their colors, whichare so elegant and rich, in some birds, that they have beencompared to a bed of tulips. The more they are variegated inthe flight and tail, especially if the ground color be yellow, themore they are prized; and a fine bright-yellow ground has theprecedence of all others, from its being so exceedingly difficultto acquire, that twenty light-colored birds may be procured forone displaying a deep, richly-tinted THE CARRIER, The carrier, Pigeon de Turquie, of the French, is somewhatlarger than most of the common pigeons; its feathers lie veryclose and smooth, and its neck is long and straight. From thelower part of the head to the middle of the upper chap, there isa lump of white, naked, fungous-looking flesh, which is denom-inated the wattle; this, in good birds, is met by two smallswellings of similar flesh, which rise on each side of the underchap; and if this flesh be of blackish color, the bird is con-sidered very valuable. The circle round the black pupil of theeye is usually of a brick-dust-red color; but if it be of abrilliant red tint, it adds considerably to the value of the bird;this circle is surrounded by another of naked fungous flesh,genera
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