Pigeons - Blue, Powdered-Blue, Silver, & Yellow English Owls
A portrait of four English Owls presenting their key features and details as a pigeon breed. As shown in the illustration, the breed is known for its short beak, which gives the breed the "Owl" name due to the size and shape. It also has a crest of feathers running down the front of its breast, which is called the jabot, also known as a tie or cravat
Picture No
10948465
Media ID
48217818
Size
3600px x 4391px
(4.0MB)
Credit
© The Sharp Illustration Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Chromolithograph plate by J. W. Ludlow, in The Illustrated Book of Pigeons, Cassel and Company Limited, 1885
Date
circa 1880s
