. The practical pigeon keeper . Pigeons. ISDIAN FANCY PlGEONB. 199 to get good reds and yellows. It seems, iipon the whole, likely that these birds were the original stock of our present English- Carriers. Of Indian pigeons, that test known is generally called by the liame of the Lahore. Of these many specimens have reached England, all of one type. As thus imported in Indian. IiAHOBE. vessels, the Lahore is a largish pigeon of plump make, and rather heavy-looking, with rather short, clean legs. The head is of the common type, with a rather thick beak, the eye having round it a small red cere.
. The practical pigeon keeper . Pigeons. ISDIAN FANCY PlGEONB. 199 to get good reds and yellows. It seems, iipon the whole, likely that these birds were the original stock of our present English- Carriers. Of Indian pigeons, that test known is generally called by the liame of the Lahore. Of these many specimens have reached England, all of one type. As thus imported in Indian. IiAHOBE. vessels, the Lahore is a largish pigeon of plump make, and rather heavy-looking, with rather short, clean legs. The head is of the common type, with a rather thick beak, the eye having round it a small red cere. The points are in the marking, wliich is peculiar and striking, especially as the birds seen so far have been black. The top of the head down to the eye is black, and the upper mandible of the^beak dark also, while the under mandible is light. The black runs over the eye, and comes down and round the back of the neck to half-way round, and over the back to the tail-coverts; the wings are also black, all else white. Thus the neck when looked at from. 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
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