. Pigeons: their structure, varieties, habits, and management . LEIGHTCW, BROTHE SUABIANS. HOMING BIRDS. 8J> in good condition. For example, it is known that at the approach of the time oflaving, and also during the two or three days which follow it, it is dangerous toemploy a female. If she lays her two eggs in the basket in which she is carried,the state of weakness in which she arrives will cause her to fail, or, at least, willnot allow of her taking a brilliant part in the contest. In the same way thefemale, being more employed in hatching than the male, perceives sooner them
. Pigeons: their structure, varieties, habits, and management . LEIGHTCW, BROTHE SUABIANS. HOMING BIRDS. 8J> in good condition. For example, it is known that at the approach of the time oflaving, and also during the two or three days which follow it, it is dangerous toemploy a female. If she lays her two eggs in the basket in which she is carried,the state of weakness in which she arrives will cause her to fail, or, at least, willnot allow of her taking a brilliant part in the contest. In the same way thefemale, being more employed in hatching than the male, perceives sooner themovements of the young pigeon in the egg ; she feels that the time of coming outof the egg draws near, and prepares in consequence; the glands of the cropswell and secrete the milk which she gives to her little ones in the first days aftertheir birth. If at this moment she is taken away from her maternal cares, to beshut up for several days in a basket, she will become ill, will cease to eat, and inall probability will be unable to regain her home. This last circumstance
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