This antique text comprises a comprehensive guide to fancy pigeons, including full descriptions for their breeding and management, descriptions of every known variety, and all other information of interest or use to pigeon fanciers. A book that will greatly appeal to anyone with an interest in pigeons and fancy pigeons, this text makes for a worthy addition to collections of pigeon fancying literature and is not to be missed by the discerning collector. The chapters of this book include: Historical, Origin of Fancy Pigeons, The Pigeon House, Loft, and Aviary; Selection of Stock; Feeding, Breeding, and Management; Colours of Fancy Pigeons, Exhibiting Pigeons, Diseases, Varieties of Domestic Pigeons; Common Pigeons; et cetera. This text was originally published in 1887, and is being republished now complete with a new introduction on the subject.