Origin: Poland, about 1868. Prof. J. Van Rozwadowski of Krakan first imported the Polish Lynx, a very large field pigeon, into Germany. They were common in West Galicia, city of Bochnia, and by crossing with a now extinct pouter race, the Lynx breed developed with the colors and markings we now know.

Breed Characteristics:

Head: Well developed, plain headed, wide between eyes, showing a good frontal. Wide at cheeks.

Beak: Dark in color, medium length, upper mandible slightly bent at tip, wattle very small.

Cere: Always fine, thread-like.

Eye: Red or orange, red preferred.

Neck: Short, thick, and powerful at the shoulders, with throat keenly carved out. Neck to be slightly accentuated by the apparent presence of puffiness, contributing to a powerful neck and chest.

Wings: Powerful, short, laying well against the body. Wing butts well tucked in at shoulders, flight feathers resting at ends upon tail.

Flights: The flight feathers should be broad and number as follows: (a) Solid flighted - 10 primaries, solid in coloration, (b) White flighted -7 to 10 white primaries.

Tail: Medium length, broad webbed, carried well folded.

Legs: Short, powerful, clean legged. Thighs powerful, carried close with an abundance of well covered feathers.

Back: Very broad, with good depth between backbone and breastbone; back sloping towards tail.

Body: A large bodied active pigeon, broad in outline. Being formerly of utility value, size is important.

Color: Any color in spangled or laced is to be recognized. Spangled to have wing coverts spangled, e.g. the ground color to be broken up with an even spangling of small white triangles formed with black edging. Evenness of design and clear spangling is important. Laced to have the wing coverts laced, i.e. around the edge of each feather is lacing, the lacing being fine but very distinct, and lighter on shoulders than the spangled. Richness of color and evenness of design in important. The vent should be an even shade all over, with the exception of the coverts. Colors: Blue, black, red, yellow, any other color.

Barred: Any color to be recognized. Ground color to be a rich even shade all over, free from ticking or marked feathers. Richness of color is important. The vent should be sound in color. Two white bars on each wing, the same to be clear and well defined, without any trace of a third bar.