. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. MAGPIES AND RUNTS. 193 and can be bred as usual. The marking breeds, as a rule, very true; and it will give little trouble to preserve, provided the higher-cut birds are selected—that is, those in which the. Leghorn Runt. colour on the breast ends rather high up. The Magpie is a veiy free and hardy breeder and good feeder, but apt to be a little wild. Kindness will get over this, and those of a quiet disposition make capital nurses. Runts are the giants of the pigeon family, few birds being ever exhibited under 2 lbs. weight. Moore mentions several varie
. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. MAGPIES AND RUNTS. 193 and can be bred as usual. The marking breeds, as a rule, very true; and it will give little trouble to preserve, provided the higher-cut birds are selected—that is, those in which the. Leghorn Runt. colour on the breast ends rather high up. The Magpie is a veiy free and hardy breeder and good feeder, but apt to be a little wild. Kindness will get over this, and those of a quiet disposition make capital nurses. Runts are the giants of the pigeon family, few birds being ever exhibited under 2 lbs. weight. Moore mentions several varieties, and one of them, known as the Leghorn Runt, seems N. 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 Wright, Lewis, 1838-1905. London, New York, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co
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