. The American bird fancier : considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds ; with remarks on their diseases and remedies ; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . half bred; when thepinion feathers are dark, the irides of its eyes are pearl color;but when the pinions are white, the irides are red. Some ofthese birds are ornamented with a tuft of feathers rising fromthe back part of the crown of the head. THE TURBIT. This variety is somewhat larger than the Jacobin. Its headis round, and beak short; from the b
. The American bird fancier : considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds ; with remarks on their diseases and remedies ; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . half bred; when thepinion feathers are dark, the irides of its eyes are pearl color;but when the pinions are white, the irides are red. Some ofthese birds are ornamented with a tuft of feathers rising fromthe back part of the crown of the head. THE TURBIT. This variety is somewhat larger than the Jacobin. Its headis round, and beak short; from the breast grows a tuft of fea- gm -^,0 Y PIGEONS. 95 ^ thers named the purle, spreading in opposite directions, likethe frill of a shirt; and from the beak to the purle reachesthe gullet. The colors of this pigeon are mostly yellow, dun, red, blue,and black; and accasionally chequered. According to thefancy, the back of the wings and tail should correspond incolor, except in the yellow and red birds, whose tails shouldbe white. A stripe of black should cross the wings of theblue birds, but the other body and flight feathers should bewhite; they are termed black-shouldered, or blue-shoul-dered, as their color may be; and when of one color only,. THE Tl-RnlT. these pigeons have been sold as owls. Turbits are alsochosen for the shortness of their beaks, and their spreadingpurle; and if well-trained, when young, they will becomeexcellent flyers. The nun is greatly admired, from the elegantly contrastingcolors of its plumage. Its body is generally white, and its tailand six flight feathers of its wings should be either wholly red,vivid yellow, or black, as likewise its head, which is adornedand nearly covered by a tuft, or veil, of pure white feathers. According to its colors, the bird is termed a red, yellow orblack-headed nun, as it may happen to be; and whenever thefeathers vary from this rule, the bird is termed foul-headed,or foul-flighted, and is greatly diminished in value; butwi
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