. Fancy pigeons: containing full directions for their breeding and management, with descriptions of every known variety, and all other information of interest or use to pigeon fanciers. Pigeons. The Antwerp Carrier. 147 England, but I kept him to breed from, and hia early progeny are very good indeed. " So good is the bird in appearance that I have repeatedly refused the offer of ^5 for him merely as a stock bird. "Fig. 2 represents a homing Antwerp belonging to me to which the judges gave the silver cup at the Crystal Palace poultry show in 1875. The bird was certainly a handsome on
. Fancy pigeons: containing full directions for their breeding and management, with descriptions of every known variety, and all other information of interest or use to pigeon fanciers. Pigeons. The Antwerp Carrier. 147 England, but I kept him to breed from, and hia early progeny are very good indeed. " So good is the bird in appearance that I have repeatedly refused the offer of ^5 for him merely as a stock bird. "Fig. 2 represents a homing Antwerp belonging to me to which the judges gave the silver cup at the Crystal Palace poultry show in 1875. The bird was certainly a handsome one, but not, in my opinion, equal to the former, even in looks ; he was purely Belgian bred, and was a good homer, having flown about 100 miles in previous years. In 1876 I entered him in a private race from Brussels, but—the truth must be told —I have never seen him since he was let off in that pleasant city on the morning of the 20th July, and was lost, although his companion in the race, not half as good looking, is walking about before my eyes. " I have now shown what is regarded as the most esteemed type of Belgian birds—viz., as regards cocks, for the hens are generally less stout in the head and beak ; and I may state that the sketches are executed with the most ex- treme accuracy, not only as regards the form, but also as to the expression of the birds. Mr. T. W. Wood, one of the moat accurate of natural history draughtsmen, devoted very great care to their delinea- Pjq_ 3_ tion, and I may state that the drawings are not altered to suit my views of what a good homer should be, but show the birds exactly as they are. " I now wish to show what is not an uncommon view of a homing bird amongst some amateurs. The outline sketch (Fig. 3) is traced with the closest accuracy from one of the drawings of Mr. Ludlow, of Birmingham, published in the "New Tork Pet, Stock, and Poultry ; The drawing represented, with all Mr. Ludlow's skill, an indiffe
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