. The century illustrated monthly magazine . NE. (OWNED BY E. H. CONOVER, KEYPORT, N. J.) FIRST YOUNG BIRD TO MAKE OVER 250 MILES THE DAY OF LIBERATING IN THE AUTUMN RACES — FROM LYNCHBURG, VA., 338 MILES. preciation or envy. But, whether the one orthe other, there is no economic purpose toweight its wings and bring his fancy low. The influences of the pigeon-fancy are re-fining in the habits one must fall into in beingwith the birds, in the enforced quiet and gen-tleness without which the best efforts are lost,in the patience with which one must work andwait for long-deferred results, and in
. The century illustrated monthly magazine . NE. (OWNED BY E. H. CONOVER, KEYPORT, N. J.) FIRST YOUNG BIRD TO MAKE OVER 250 MILES THE DAY OF LIBERATING IN THE AUTUMN RACES — FROM LYNCHBURG, VA., 338 MILES. preciation or envy. But, whether the one orthe other, there is no economic purpose toweight its wings and bring his fancy low. The influences of the pigeon-fancy are re-fining in the habits one must fall into in beingwith the birds, in the enforced quiet and gen-tleness without which the best efforts are lost,in the patience with which one must work andwait for long-deferred results, and in the dis- cipline of the often accompanying disappoint-ment. The pigeon-lover is notably kind andgentle-mannered. He is also thoughtful, sincehis work demands the action of his mind, andthe love of it compels the effort. It may bechilds play as a beginning, or seem to be soto the mere looker-on; but great men andgood, princes, poets, prelates, and judges, arein the ranks of the fancy, and find their solace 96 THE BREEDING OF FANCY SCOTCH FANTAIL, QUEEN OF THE SCOTS. (FROM LOFT OF BUNTING HANKINS, BORDENTOWN, N. J.) and their pleasure in their pigeon-lofts, andin the company of their birds. Columba, the family name of the pigeon, isfrom the Greek kolumbcm, to dive, giving usthe word dove, by which pigeons were untillately known, and which has reference to thebirds peculiar movement of the head whenwalking. The family is in three grand divis-ions : C. livia, the blue rock or wild bird;C. affinis, the duffer or domesticated; and theartificial or fancy pigeon. The blue rock is found in the true type onlyamong the cliffs and rocks of Great Britainand the adjacent islands, where none of itsmembers show a deviation in color or formfrom the one character. All alike avoidthe haunts of man, and refuse to submit todomestication. Says Macgillivray, Amongstthe many hundreds I have seen I have neverobserved any remarkable variation in form orcolor. The rock exists in all parts of
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