. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. PIGMY POUTERS. 153 surprised, on looking at his Pouters, how it was possible he could have reduced the English Pouters down to such little Lilliputians, or multwm, in pa/rvo Pouter, possessing in an elegant degree all the properties of the English ; The breed was, however, subsequently lost; and to Mr. Tegetmeier chiefly belongs the credit of reviving it, which we believe he did by working upon the small varieties of pouting pigeons pro-. ISABEL, Pigmy Poutek. duced by the German fanciers. Tliese are numerous, and nearly all possess fair crop
. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. PIGMY POUTERS. 153 surprised, on looking at his Pouters, how it was possible he could have reduced the English Pouters down to such little Lilliputians, or multwm, in pa/rvo Pouter, possessing in an elegant degree all the properties of the English ; The breed was, however, subsequently lost; and to Mr. Tegetmeier chiefly belongs the credit of reviving it, which we believe he did by working upon the small varieties of pouting pigeons pro-. ISABEL, Pigmy Poutek. duced by the German fanciers. Tliese are numerous, and nearly all possess fair crops, but nearly all are destitute of limb pro- perties : the legs being generally short, and either bare or heavily feathered and hocked, the latter type being known as Isabels. The latter have often pretty "Toy" markings, such as the white bars shown in the illustration, but are generally low in carriage. By matching the two extremes of leg-feather together a correct standard in that respect was easily at command; but length of limb and iipright carriage presented great difficulty, and much more did the orthodox English , pied marking, which was iinknown to the German birds. By. 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, Cassell & Company
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