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Pigeons - Two Shell Crown and Two Point Crest Turbits

An illustration of a Blue Chequer and Silver Shell Crown Turbit, and two Blue Point Crested Turbits. The portrait illustrates the key markings and details key to the breed. Such as the chequered and two-barred wings, the frilled breasts, and the shell-shaped crowns and pointed crests

Picture No
10948460
Media ID
48217791
Size
3700px x 4427px (5.1MB)
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

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Barred Breasted Breasts Chequer Chequered Colouration Columba Columbidae Columbiformes Crested Crests Crowned Crowns Details Domesticated Frill Frilled Frills Livia Marking Markings Pigeon Pigeons Plumage Pointed Shelled


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