Archangel

General: While most Americans refer to these members of the "Color Family" as Archangels, in many parts of the world they have been given the name "Gimpel". References indicate that the British gave the name Archangel to the copper black wing variety. The name "Gimpel" encompasses all the varieties of the breed. Description: These colorful pigeons have an upright posture. They are small in size, weighing about 12 ounces. They should be slim and somewhat sleek in appearance. They are always clean legged, and are either plainheaded, or crested with a needle pointed peak crest. Colors and Markings: It has been speculated that this breed can be found in about 52 combinations of colors and marking patterns. There are two basic ground colors: copper and gold. The wing shield colors are black, white and blue. In blues and whites, the wing can either have bars, checkering, or be without markings. In blacks and blues, there are white flighted varieties. Archangels can also have white head marking patterns that are seen on Priests and Monks, but these are considered to be extremely rare in America, if they can be found at all. It should be noted that coloration is said to be the most important feature of the breed.

Old Dutch Cappuchine also known as Indian Nakbposh here in Uttar Pradesh

The Old Dutch Capuchine is one of the older breeds of pigeons and likely dates back to the Middle East, Greece or India for its origins. Capuchines were probably brought back to Holland by Dutch sailors no later than the 1500's by Dutch sailors. We know of its presence in Holland in the 1500's by its depiction in several of the Dutch Masters' works of art. One of the unique characteristics of the Old Dutch Capuchine is the low-set rosettes on both sides of the neck accompanied by the chain, which is formed by the front portion of the rosettes. The chain flows smoothly out of the hood to form an upside down letter U when viewed from the front. Although there are numerous breeds of pigeons that are crested, only a very few have the large rosettes and chain of the Capuchine. An often-asked question is which came first, the Capuchine or the Jacobin? It seems likely that the Capuchine is the forerunner to the Jacobin since the main difference between the two breeds is the feather length. Seldom does one go from long feather to short feather when developing a breed. The natural shaping of events indicates that enterprising breeders interested in a very long feather length developed the Jacobin. Even as recent as the mid 1800’s there was disagreement among Jacobin breeders about how long the featheration should be. Those desiring the longer feather won out and formed today’s Jacobin. Since the Capuchine is not as extreme as the Jacobin it took a backseat to the newly formed, longer feathered bird and was not widely bred as a show pigeon until the 1970’s. The 1960’s in Europe saw the formation of two specialty clubs devoted to the Old Dutch Capuchine, the Dutch Club and the German Club. The British Old Dutch Capuchine Society was formed in 1972 and the American Capuchine Club (later the Northamerican Capuchine Club) was not formed until 1984. All four clubs are breeding to a nearly identical standard and thus retaining the same style of pigeon, regardless of country. There are currently exhibitions involving breeders from various European countries showing the Old Dutch Capuchine in united exhibits. Judges from more than one country rate the birds on the same basic standard. The breeder base in Holland and Germany is much larger than in the United States and therefore more uniform and the birds are more refined and developed.