. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. 184 THE PRACTICAL PIGEON KEEPER. appearing too long in face; if the beak be thick enough and blunt at the point, and the length of H from A to B be coni2)aratively short, while the nostril, e f, and the space D be comparatively long, the bird will very jDrobably make a good one, provided E B is well filled up in front, and the head be wide across at D D. In fact, with such proportions, a fair length must make up best in the end, as it will make the biggest head. The cheeks below the eyes should also bewail filled out. After a certain age the beak general
. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. 184 THE PRACTICAL PIGEON KEEPER. appearing too long in face; if the beak be thick enough and blunt at the point, and the length of H from A to B be coni2)aratively short, while the nostril, e f, and the space D be comparatively long, the bird will very jDrobably make a good one, provided E B is well filled up in front, and the head be wide across at D D. In fact, with such proportions, a fair length must make up best in the end, as it will make the biggest head. The cheeks below the eyes should also bewail filled out. After a certain age the beak generally shrivels and. Pig. 30. Pig. 31. becomes thin, thus destroying the grand and massive character of the head. Hence a time comes when the finest bird must yield his place to younger rivals. We have ali-eady said that this massive convexity being the main property of a good Antwerp head, if the profile in Fig. 25 were shortened it would be spoilt. This will be seen on com- paring the foregoing figures with Figs. 30 and .31, which show exactly such a head as many judges used to think was desired by Antwerp fanciers. We have purposely chosen one of the best of this type, so as to make the comparison most fairly; but have seen, years ago, prizes given to far worse. It will be seen at once that this is an Owly head; and of course. 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, New York, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co
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