. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. PIGMY POUTERS. 153 surprised, on looking s^ his Pouters, how it was possible he could have reduced the English Pouters down to such little Lilliputians, or rmdtv/m in pa/rvo Pouter, possessing in an elegant degree all the properties of the English ; Tlie breed was, however, subsequently lost; and to Mr. Tegetmeier chiefly belongs the credit of reviving it, which we believe he did by working upon the small varieties of pouting pigeons pro-. ISABEL, PlOMT PODTEa. duced by the German fanciers. These are numerous, and nearly all possess fair crop
. The practical pigeon keeper. Pigeons. PIGMY POUTERS. 153 surprised, on looking s^ his Pouters, how it was possible he could have reduced the English Pouters down to such little Lilliputians, or rmdtv/m in pa/rvo Pouter, possessing in an elegant degree all the properties of the English ; Tlie breed was, however, subsequently lost; and to Mr. Tegetmeier chiefly belongs the credit of reviving it, which we believe he did by working upon the small varieties of pouting pigeons pro-. ISABEL, PlOMT PODTEa. duced by the German fanciers. These are numerous, and nearly all possess fair crops, but nearly all are destitute of limb pro- perties : the legs being generally short, and either bare or heavily feathered and hocked, the latter type being known as Isabels. The latter have often pretty " Toy " markings, stich as the white bars shown in the illustration, but are generally low in carriage. By matching the two extremes of leg-feather together a correct standard in that respect was easily at command; but length of limb and upright carriage presented great difficulty, and much more did the orthodox English pied marking, which was unknown to the German birds. By. 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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