. Our domestic birds; elementary lessons in aviculture . Fig. 197. Muffed, or Feather-legged, Tumblers1 PIGEOXS 249. Fig. 198. EnglishOwl Pigeon 1 high elevation, will remain for hours circling over its home andperhaps occasionally flying away and returning. Tumblers ofthis type can remain in the air for five orsix hours. In flying them for sport the objectis to see which flock will remain in theair longest. The tumbling habit was gradu-ally bred out of the high-flying birds, andafter a time many of them did not tumbleat all. Such birds were then called Tipplers(tipple having in some English d
. Our domestic birds; elementary lessons in aviculture . Fig. 197. Muffed, or Feather-legged, Tumblers1 PIGEOXS 249. Fig. 198. EnglishOwl Pigeon 1 high elevation, will remain for hours circling over its home andperhaps occasionally flying away and returning. Tumblers ofthis type can remain in the air for five orsix hours. In flying them for sport the objectis to see which flock will remain in theair longest. The tumbling habit was gradu-ally bred out of the high-flying birds, andafter a time many of them did not tumbleat all. Such birds were then called Tipplers(tipple having in some English dialectsthe meaning of tumble). The modernTippler Pigeon is a birdin which the tendency torise to a great height and remain there for along time has been developed to the utmost,as the tendency to return home from greatdistances has been developed in the FlyingHomer. Performing Tumblers and Tipplersare usually bred for performance without re-gard to color, and the colors in a flock ofthe same breeding: maybe, and nearlv alwavs are,various. Exhibition stocks of Tumblers andTipplers are bred in many distinct color
Size: 1322px × 1890px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidourdomesticb, bookyear1913
