Pigeons - Burmese or Florentine, Starling and Spot Fairy
A portrait illustration showing three breeds of pigeon. At the top of the illustration is a Burmese pigeon, now commonly known as a Florentine. To the left a Starling, to the right is the Spot Fairy, also known as a Saxon Fairy Swallow pigeon. The illustration presents the differing and distinctive features of the three breeds. Such as the mottled markings and more curved neck of the Florentine. The white bars on the wing and breast of the Starling, and the unique spot on the head, and odd feathered feet belonging to the Spot Fairy
Picture No
10948506
Media ID
48217865
Size
3700px x 4569px
(5.0MB)
Credit
© The Sharp Illustration Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Chromolithograph by J. W. Ludlow, for The Illustrated Book of Pigeons, Cassel & Company Limited, 1885
Date
circa 1880s
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Blend Burmese Characteristics Colouration Columba Columbidae Columbiformes Curved Details Florentine Livia Marking Markings Mottle Mottled Pigeon Pigeons Plumage Saxon Starling Swallow
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