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The Jacobine Pigeon.
Numb. X L I I I .
TH IS Pigeon is vulgarly called the Jack, is, if true, the
fmalleft of all Pigeons, and the fmaller ftill the better:
It has a Range of Feathers invefted quite over the hinder
part of the Head, which reaches down on each fide of the
Neck to the Shoulders of the Wings, and forms a kind
o f Frier’s Hood: from hence this Pigeon has its Name
Jacobine, becaufe the Fathers of that Order all wear Hoods
to cover their bald Crowns j hence the upper part of this
Range is called the Hood j and the more compact thefe Fea-
thers are, and the clofer to the Head, fo much the more
this Bird is efteemed. The lower part of this Range of
Feathers is called by us the Chain, but by the Dutch it is
called the Cravat} the Feathers o f this Chain ought to be
long and clofe, fo that if you ft rain the Neck a little, by
taking hold of the Bill, the two iides will lap over each
other in fome of the beft} but there are very few now to be
found in England compleat. The Jacobine ought to have a
very ihort Bill, the ihorter the better, and a clean pearl Eye}
as for their Colours there are reds, yellows, blews, blacks
and mottles} but be the Colours what they will, they ought
to have a clean white Head, white Feet and white Tail.
O f thefe Pigeons fome are feather legg’d and footed, others
are not, and both forts are equally efteem’d, according to
the various Inclination o f different Fancies.