. 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; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . rd is muchdiminished. This variety, in general, is either dun or black incolor, although white, blue-splashed, and pied specimensoccur; the black and dun birds are usually the most perfectin their properties; but as the blues, whites, and pieds arevery rare, even inferior birds of these colors are of consider-value. THE HORSEMAN. Many fanciers suppose
. 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; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . rd is muchdiminished. This variety, in general, is either dun or black incolor, although white, blue-splashed, and pied specimensoccur; the black and dun birds are usually the most perfectin their properties; but as the blues, whites, and pieds arevery rare, even inferior birds of these colors are of consider-value. THE HORSEMAN. Many fanciers suppose the horseman to be a crossbreed, either between a tumbler and a carrier, or a pouterand a carrier, and then again bred from a carrier. Inshape, it resembles the carrier, but it is smaller in all itsproportions; its body being less, its neck shorter and thefungous-looking flesh round its eyes not exuberant, so thatthere is a greater space between the wattle on the beak, thanthat round the eye. 90 PIGEONS. The most approved colors for this variety of pigeon are theblue, and blue-pied, as they are usually the best should be flown twice a-day regularly, when young; andas they gain strength on +he wing, they should be allowed to. THE HORSEMAN. range loose, without any other birds in company. Thisvariety is the kind generally employed in carrying letters; thegenuine carriers being much too scarce and valuable to becommonly used.
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