The dovecote and the aviary The dovecote and the aviary : being sketches of the natural history of pigeons and other domestic birds in a captive state : with hints for their management dovecoteaviarybe00dixo Year: [18--.] THE AVIARY. Chick of Curassow. CHAPTER I. THE Want of precise information.—Expected results from the Zoological Society.— Its great advantages.—Disappointments.—Causes thereof.—Erroneous Assump- tions.—The limited power of Man.—Domesticability of Cracidae.—Former attempts.—Natural disposition of the bird.—Imported long ago.—Ill success at the Zoologic

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The dovecote and the aviary The dovecote and the aviary : being sketches of the natural history of pigeons and other domestic birds in a captive state : with hints for their management dovecoteaviarybe00dixo Year: [18--.] THE AVIARY. Chick of Curassow. CHAPTER I. THE Want of precise information.—Expected results from the Zoological Society.— Its great advantages.—Disappointments.—Causes thereof.—Erroneous Assump- tions.—The limited power of Man.—Domesticability of Cracidae.—Former attempts.—Natural disposition of the bird.—Imported long ago.—Ill success at the Zoological Gardens.—The Cracidae at Knowsley.—Arboreal habits.—Of tender constitution.—Curassows at home.—Tame, not domesticated.—Not common in S. America.—M. Ameshoff's/es^'/i d'Heliogabale.—Eggs. ' The Correso is a larger Fowl than the Quam; the Cock is black, the Hen is of a dark brown. The Cock has a Crown of black Feathers on his head, and appears

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