. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. This pigeon is distincT'iished by a remarkable ruff or frill of raised. head, and, proceeding down the neck and breast, forms a kind of hood not imlike that of a monk. It is one of the smallest of domestic pigeons, of a light and elegant form, vciy productive of species, and having its llight con- siderably impeded by its hooded fril!; keeps much at home. JAY. A Br
. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. This pigeon is distincT'iished by a remarkable ruff or frill of raised. head, and, proceeding down the neck and breast, forms a kind of hood not imlike that of a monk. It is one of the smallest of domestic pigeons, of a light and elegant form, vciy productive of species, and having its llight con- siderably impeded by its hooded fril!; keeps much at home. JAY. A British talking-bird of gay and varied plumage. His ground colour is silver-grey; a blight jetty black ex- tends halfway down his neck; the wings and tail are beautifully Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler
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