This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...Belly--narrow and tapering to the vent. WINGs--Long and shallow, close to body showing waist and upper part of thigh, tapering to flights, which should be long, broad in web of feather, and tapering to end of tail, upon which they should rest. TAIL--Long, narrow, straight with body, round ended, nearly ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...Belly--narrow and tapering to the vent. WINGs--Long and shallow, close to body showing waist and upper part of thigh, tapering to flights, which should be long, broad in web of feather, and tapering to end of tail, upon which they should rest. TAIL--Long, narrow, straight with body, round ended, nearly touching the ground and with the wings presenting a wedge-shaped appearance from shoulders to tip of tail. CARRIAGE--Uprighl. ACTioN--Free, lively and graceful. LENGTH--FroIXl 18 inches in hens to 21 inches in cocks, measured from tip of beak to end of tail. LIMBs--0I1 a scale at the rate of 3-8 inch in limb to 1 inch in feather, measured from thigh joint to tip of toe nail. (1) Front View--Placed well back from crop, insertion close, thigh and hock joint straight, inclining inwards, from thence to foot inclining. outwards very slightly. (2) Side View--Following the line of body with convex line on fore side of thigh to hock, slightly concave on the opposite side, and straight from hock to foot. (3) Generally lengthy both in thigh and shank, long and in proportion, feathered closely and evenly, presenting a stocking-like appearance. ToEs--Well feathered to tip, and not cramped. CoLoRs--Yellow, red, black, blue, (standard pieds) and whites. MA1zK1NGs--The above colors cover the bird with the exception (1) of a white crescent on crop, the horns of which reach to about an inch from eaeh eye (2) ot' a few white feathers, about a dozen, on the shoulders (in the shape of a rose) and white primary flights (3) of white on all the body behind a line encircling the centre of the waist. In the case of blacks and blues, color of the tail same as body color, and blues must have black bars on the wings. In yellows and reds, a colored tail is...
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Add this copy of Pigeons and all About Them to cart. $19.72, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of Pigeons and all About Them to cart. $29.16, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
