Trans. from Russian by K.D. Spurling
The Baku Tumbler is a race of Boinije (Crack) Tumbler which hails
from the city of Baku in Azerbaijan and is one of two races named for that
city. In the Ukrain, they are errornously known as "Arminski", but do not
hail from Armenia. The head is a long oval in shape with a shell crest
and slightly longer than medium length beak. The breast is full and powerful,
with long and powerful wings carried atop the tail. The back and tail are
long, with 14 to 18 retrices. The legs are clean, although birds with feathers
on the legs do exist and are permitted. The colors include Blue, Silver,
Red, Yellow, Black, Dun, Almond and Grizzled birds, as well as Whites.
Markings are colortails, selfs, beards, baldheads and unorthodox. Eyes
are pearl in color in the pigeons with little white, or bull with much
white. As this race is a very popular flying pigeon, little emphasis is
placed on colors or markings, although the Colortailed ones are especially
wonderful.
Muffed Baku
(Bakinski Kosmatsch Boinije)
This second race is much like the above, but are larger and looser
feathered. The birds have full and large muffs on the feet and a small
number are also doublecrested with both a shellcrest and a nasal crest.