. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. PIGMY POUTERS. 153 surprised, on looking at his Pouters, liow it was possible lie could have reduced the English Pouters down to such little Lilliputians, ov iindfum in parvo Pouter, possessing in an elegant degree all the pro])ei'ties of the English ; The breed was, however, subsequently lost; and to Mr. Tegetmeier chiefly belongs the ci'edit of reviving it, which we believe he did bj' woi'king upon the small -^-arieties of jiouting pigeons pro-. ISABEL. PlOMY PoureK. duced by the German fanciers. These are numerous, and nearly all possess
. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. PIGMY POUTERS. 153 surprised, on looking at his Pouters, liow it was possible lie could have reduced the English Pouters down to such little Lilliputians, ov iindfum in parvo Pouter, possessing in an elegant degree all the pro])ei'ties of the English ; The breed was, however, subsequently lost; and to Mr. Tegetmeier chiefly belongs the ci'edit of reviving it, which we believe he did bj' woi'king upon the small -^-arieties of jiouting pigeons pro-. ISABEL. PlOMY PoureK. duced by the German fanciers. These are numerous, and nearly all possess fair crops, but nearly all ai'e destitute of limb pro- perties : the legs being generally short, and either bare or heavily feathered and hocked, the latter type being known as Isabels. The latter have often pretty " Toy " markings, such as the white bars shown in the illustration, but are generally low in carriage. By matching the two extremes of leg-feather together a correct standard in that respect was easily at command; but length of limb and upright carriage presented great difficulty, and much more did the orthodox English pied marking, which was unknown to the German bii'ds. By. 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, New York, Cassell
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