. Pigeons: their structure, varieties, habits, and management . LEIOH TUN. BROTHERS SWALLOWS. CHAPTER XIX. NUNS, HELMETS, AND SPOTS. rPHE Nun is an old and well-known variety, originally described by Moore as—■*- A. bird somewhat larger than a Jacobine ; her plumage is very particular, andshe seems entirely to take her name from it, her being as it were covered with aveil. Her body is all white ; her head, tail, and six of her flight feathers ought tobe entirely black, red, and yellow; and whatever feathers vary from this are saidto be foul, though the best of them all will sometimes ap
. Pigeons: their structure, varieties, habits, and management . LEIOH TUN. BROTHERS SWALLOWS. CHAPTER XIX. NUNS, HELMETS, AND SPOTS. rPHE Nun is an old and well-known variety, originally described by Moore as—■*- A. bird somewhat larger than a Jacobine ; her plumage is very particular, andshe seems entirely to take her name from it, her being as it were covered with aveil. Her body is all white ; her head, tail, and six of her flight feathers ought tobe entirely black, red, and yellow; and whatever feathers vary from this are saidto be foul, though the best of them all will sometimes apt to breed a few foulfeathers, and those that are but little so, though not so much valued, will oftenbreed as clean-feathered birds as those that are not. A Nun ought likewise to bepearle-eyed, and to have a white hood or tuft of feathers on the hinder part of thehead, which the larger it is, adds a considerable beauty to the bird. The copyists of Moore, the compilers of the Treatise and of Girtons work, addnothing of any great value to this account. In the Tre
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