. Pigeons: their structure, varieties, habits, and management . JACOBINES. lEIfiHTON, nnOTHERS. HEAD 01 JACOB1NK. CHAPTEE XVI. THE JACOBINE. I^HE Jacobine pigeon is one of the oldest breeds of which we have any special-*- record. The striking character of its plumage attracted the notice of theold artists and naturalists, and consequently it is frequently to be seen figured inthe engravings of some two hundred years since. Willughby, in his Orni-thology, published in 1678, gives a drawing of a short-beaked Jacobine with afair-sized hood and long narrow chain, the feet being rather heavily feat
. Pigeons: their structure, varieties, habits, and management . JACOBINES. lEIfiHTON, nnOTHERS. HEAD 01 JACOB1NK. CHAPTEE XVI. THE JACOBINE. I^HE Jacobine pigeon is one of the oldest breeds of which we have any special-*- record. The striking character of its plumage attracted the notice of theold artists and naturalists, and consequently it is frequently to be seen figured inthe engravings of some two hundred years since. Willughby, in his Orni-thology, published in 1678, gives a drawing of a short-beaked Jacobine with afair-sized hood and long narrow chain, the feet being rather heavily feathered, andhe furnishes us with the following account of the breed :— Jacobines are called by the Low Dutch, Cappers, because in the hinder part ofthe head, or nape of the neck, certain feathers reflected upward encompass thehead behind, almost after the fashion of a monks hood, when he puts it back touncover his head. These are called Cyprus pigeons by Aldrovand, and some ofthem are rough-footed. Aldrovandus hath set forth three or four either speciesor accidental varieties of this kind.
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