. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. NTJNS. 191 Nuns have tlie shajied head and pearl eyes of a pleasant- faced Tumbler, medium-sized trim bodies, and clean legs. They have a shell-crest like that of the Trumpeter, but hardly so large, which should stand as upright and clean as possible, and come down at least as low as the eye. This crest must be white, like the back of the neck, but immediately from its. Nuns. ^ base the head must be coioured, the colour coming forward in a nice curve to the front of the neck, as in the engra\'ing. The fitness of the name is very obvious. The whole body i
. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. NTJNS. 191 Nuns have tlie shajied head and pearl eyes of a pleasant- faced Tumbler, medium-sized trim bodies, and clean legs. They have a shell-crest like that of the Trumpeter, but hardly so large, which should stand as upright and clean as possible, and come down at least as low as the eye. This crest must be white, like the back of the neck, but immediately from its. Nuns. ^ base the head must be coioured, the colour coming forward in a nice curve to the front of the neck, as in the engra\'ing. The fitness of the name is very obvious. The whole body is white, except the coloured head and the flights and tail. The colours are black, blue, red, and yellow, duns also appearing, and being used to cross with black. Blacks far outnumber the rest. The flights should be all coloured; but this is so rare that Moore only specifies six a side as the standard. Since then breeders have advanced, and eight a side is common; nine a. 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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