. The pleasures of a pigeon-fancier. Pigeons. THE BALDHBAD. Baldheads. But the peculiarity of this offspring was that from the crown of its head rose a crest of white feathers similar to that which embel- lishes the head of the great crowned Pigeon of the Indian Archipelago. The following description of it appeared in the pages of the Poultry Chronicle of contem- poraty date :—" This curious pigeon is alive, and in my possession. It is a pure-bred bald- pate, of which it has the properties — viz., clean cut, pearl eyed, clean thighed, and ten a side. It is the only one in the world, and i
. The pleasures of a pigeon-fancier. Pigeons. THE BALDHBAD. Baldheads. But the peculiarity of this offspring was that from the crown of its head rose a crest of white feathers similar to that which embel- lishes the head of the great crowned Pigeon of the Indian Archipelago. The following description of it appeared in the pages of the Poultry Chronicle of contem- poraty date :—" This curious pigeon is alive, and in my possession. It is a pure-bred bald- pate, of which it has the properties — viz., clean cut, pearl eyed, clean thighed, and ten a side. It is the only one in the world, and is a cock Several competent judges have seen it, and consider it a freak of nature; but, whatever it is, it is a wonder. Several of my friends wish me to breed from it to get more, but of this I am ; I sold the bird for three guineas to Lady Manners of Melton 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 Lucas, Joseph. London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
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