. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. AnansT 2G. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 345 bird suffers more. It sometimes hajipeiis that the young pigeons ilie at the expiration of a few days ; in tliis case, the parents are still liahle to this complaint. The amateur must wiiloh them then with as much care as if they had nourished them for a shorter time. {To be conttiiued.) DOMESTIC PIGEONS. TWENTV-FOURTn RACE. Smss Pigeon {Columba Hclvel'nv).—It is ahout the size of the Stockdiive, and as light; its beak is thin ; it has no filament round the eyes: the jilumage is generally streaked with red, blue
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. AnansT 2G. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 345 bird suffers more. It sometimes hajipeiis that the young pigeons ilie at the expiration of a few days ; in tliis case, the parents are still liahle to this complaint. The amateur must wiiloh them then with as much care as if they had nourished them for a shorter time. {To be conttiiued.) DOMESTIC PIGEONS. TWENTV-FOURTn RACE. Smss Pigeon {Columba Hclvel'nv).—It is ahout the size of the Stockdiive, and as light; its beak is thin ; it has no filament round the eyes: the jilumage is generally streaked with red, blue, or yellow, on a white ground; it frequently has one or two rings, and a breastpiece of a brown-red, and two ribbons on the wings, the same colour as the breast- piece. I'ure specimens are become very rare, because it lias been blended wilh the Cai'jiers and Tumblers. It is only bj' means of art and imtience that we have been able to recover them by crossing different varieties among them- selves, or with ^Mixtures of a rich colour. The common Swiss pigeon, and the One-coloured Swiss pigeon only differ from the "English Tumbler in having a much longer beak and no streaks on their plumage. Common Swiss Pigeon (CoInmba HclvetitE viih/aris).— The eye with a golden iris; the plumage partaking of all the colours mentioned above ; a necklace and breastpiece of a brownish-red ; wings barred, not streaked, and the same colour as the body. 'E-coLOURED Sw^ss PioEON {Coliimba Helvelite uni- color).—This has no necklace or breastjjiece; it is slate- coloured, and the whole body is of the same colour. Sw^ss PiGEON (Cohmiba Helvetia tor- qiinta inaumla).—These beautiful birds have a bluish head ; the neck and breast of a brilliant metallic yellow ; the back inclined to yellow, but spotted with grey; the wing and tail bluish. Ouange-streaked Swiss Pigeon {Columba HelveiltE Uneata ntirca).—The eye witli a black iris; back and neck of a clear blue ; breast o
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