. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; . in his stock, the provident fancier must spare noexpence in the purchase of one or two first-rate birds that havebeen used to soaring, as they will be of much service in train-ing the young ones. i^.. > ^ ^ PIGEONS. 87 ^ When the birds are accustomed to their houses, they may beturnedout upon the wing, but only once a-day. A bright greymorning is the best time, especially for young birds; and somehemp
. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; . in his stock, the provident fancier must spare noexpence in the purchase of one or two first-rate birds that havebeen used to soaring, as they will be of much service in train-ing the young ones. i^.. > ^ ^ PIGEONS. 87 ^ When the birds are accustomed to their houses, they may beturnedout upon the wing, but only once a-day. A bright greymorning is the best time, especially for young birds; and somehemp or Canary seeds must be scattered round their cots, to■entice them in, when their hours of liberty have expired. There is a particularly fine variety of this pigeon, which iscalled the bald-pated tumbler, denoted by the cut below,from its having a beautiful snowy white head; it has pearleyes, and in plumage is exceedingly diversified; the tail andflight feathers, however, match the head, which is pure a tumbler, either of a black or blue color, has a longdash of white from the under jaw and cheek to a little waydown the throat, it is called a black or blue-bearded BALD-PATED TUMBLER. as the color may be; arid if this beard be well shaped, and thebird be clean in the tail and flight, as before described, it maybe reckoned very handsome and valuable. When thesepigeons are dashing along in the brilliant sunshine, the livelycontrast of their feathers adds much to the vivacity of theirappearance. There is another and still more beautiful variety of thisbreed, called by some fanciers the ermine tumbler, butwhich is generally known by the name of the almondtumbler. It is an extremely elegant, and highly-prizedvariety, and is derived from common tumblers judiciouslymatched; as yellows, duns, whites, black-splashed, black-frizzled, &c., so as to sort the feathers. B^-- When in perfection, tumblers are esteemed by many personsto be the prettiest of all the pigeon trib
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