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Blue Homers. The Blue Homer is one of the most popular of pigeons, whether as a homer" proper or as a show bird. No breed of pigeons is handsomer, although its beauty is of a quieter kind than that of many of its compeers. It has a bold, striking outline, and in every way seens cub out for work and in colour and marking it approximates more nearly to the wild rock-dove than any other of the domestic pigeons. It is a Jgreab prize winner, although it has figured more on the show bench than in the air. Still, in build, ib is what a good and a fast flier ought to be, and is represen- tative of the class of birds which have done such marvellous flying feats. The better of the homers attain to nearly a mile a minute in speed, and their services are now being requisitioned for quite a host of purposes. They have long been used in the Army and Navy and by newspaper offices, and as carriers and messengers they are now being pressed into several branches of trade. The show and the working homer are, of course, very different birds—one being bred for point, the other for work. When in condition the homer should be tight or close feathered, and "as hard as nails."

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