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Portraits of Egypt’s Fancy Pigeons » English Pouter

English Pouter, a very old breed. Known and recorded from the 1730s.

English Pouter, a very old breed. Known and recorded from the 1730s.

The Jacobin Pigeon, named after the Jacobin order of monks, is known for its feathered hood over its head. It has been bred with a hood so large that it can interfere with mating and they often require foster parents to raise their young.
A couple of English Fantails pigeons. Charles Darwin kept English Fantails in his pigeon loft and used them as examples in the first chapter of "On The Origin Of Species." They are bred in more than fifty colors and marking patterns.