. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. APPENDIX E {Copyright, 1908. by Elmer C. Rice.). (Above pictures copyriglit, 1907, by Elmer C. Rice.) CARNEAUX. BIG, RED PIGEONS, The Carneau (pronounced car-no; plural Cameauz, pronounced the same) breed is new to this country. These pigeons are larger than the Homers and breed squabs weighing over a pound apiece. Plumage almost invariably copper red (rare specimens yellow) splashed a little with white; long body; broad breast; shape of head and body, and poise of body, different from other varieties: qmet disposition, not so timid as other breeds;
. The national standard squab book. Pigeons. APPENDIX E {Copyright, 1908. by Elmer C. Rice.). (Above pictures copyriglit, 1907, by Elmer C. Rice.) CARNEAUX. BIG, RED PIGEONS, The Carneau (pronounced car-no; plural Cameauz, pronounced the same) breed is new to this country. These pigeons are larger than the Homers and breed squabs weighing over a pound apiece. Plumage almost invariably copper red (rare specimens yellow) splashed a little with white; long body; broad breast; shape of head and body, and poise of body, different from other varieties: qmet disposition, not so timid as other breeds; meat of squabs uncommonly white; have no homing qualities; they may be allowed to fly, if desired, after a fortnight's con- finement, will stay around the place where they are^fed, will not try to fly back to p^ce where bred; feed their young steadily and well; breed nine to ten pairs of squabs per year; are housed, fed and handled same as Homers; strong, rugged build. The above pictures give a very good idea of this variety, A customer in Greensburg, Penn., writes: " This is the first time in my life to receive a circular picturing anything which gave a true picture; your picture is true to life in every detail. Everybody who sees my Carneaux is greatly taken with them. In every way they are doing ; I Spent several months in Europe in 1906, partly to study in their home the Carneaux pigeons, which then were just becoming known in America and were recommended in sensational terms. It was my purpose to see the evidence at first hand and find out if the claims were founded on fact.' My investigations were favorable to this breed but I have waited two years to see how the birds would breed in our own lofts and in the lofts of customers. At this writing we have sold about a thousand pairs of Carneaux and orders for more are coming in fast. Previous to our importing this breed, there were about 600 pairs of Carneaux in America. In our long experience with pigeo
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