Hist。’volume141847page104;hesaysthatthey\"maybeseenatanyoftheCalcuttabird—dealers。\"）Mr。EvanskeptapairinLondon，importedbyCaptainVigne;andheassuresmethathehasseenthemtumbleintheair，aswellasinthemannerabovedescribedontheground。SirW。Elliot，however，writestomefromMadras，thatheisinformedthattheytumbleexclusivelyontheground，orataverysmallheightaboveit。Healsomentionsbirdsofanothersub—variety，calledtheKalmiLotan，whichbegintorolloverifonlytouchedontheneckwitharodorwand。
SUB—RACE7/III。COMMONENGLISHTUMBLERS。
ThesebirdshaveexactlythesamehabitsasthePersianTumbler，buttumblebetter。TheEnglishbirdisrathersmallerthanthePersian，andthebeakisplainlyshorter。Comparedwiththerock—pigeon，andproportionallywiththesizeofbody，thebeakisfrom。15tonearly。2ofaninchshorter，butitisnotthinner。ThereareseveralvarietiesofthecommonTumbler，namely，Baldheads，Beards，andDutchRollers。Ihavekeptthelatteralive;
theyhavedifferentlyshapedheads，longernecks，andarefeather—footed。
Theytumbletoanextraordinarydegree;asMr。Brentremarks（5/16。