. 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. Cage birds; Pigeons. CHAPTER XL THE ORTOLAN. The fatting of wild birds largely practised by the ancients. — Good old- fashioned fare.—Mock and true Ortolans.—Not native Britons.—Merits as cage birds.—Their song, plumage, and diet.—Variable states of fatness.—Effects of revolutions.—Beau Tibbs and his Ortolan. The Quail and the Ortolan are, in England, about the last remaining instances of a practice which has obtained to a much greater
. 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. Cage birds; Pigeons. CHAPTER XL THE ORTOLAN. The fatting of wild birds largely practised by the ancients. — Good old- fashioned fare.—Mock and true Ortolans.—Not native Britons.—Merits as cage birds.—Their song, plumage, and diet.—Variable states of fatness.—Effects of revolutions.—Beau Tibbs and his Ortolan. The Quail and the Ortolan are, in England, about the last remaining instances of a practice which has obtained to a much greater extent in other coun- tries than it ever has in this, and which has been systematically pursued from a very remote anti- quity. Wild birds have, from the earliest ages, been taken alive bv various means, and fatted for the table,. 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 Dixon, Edmund Saul, 1809-1893. London : Wm. S. Orr
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