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--.] NUNS. 101 rest of the body white. This black-headed variety so strongly resembles the Tern (liirondelle de mer) that some persons have given it that name.'' >il ' ^ Barb. Jacobine. 'The Nun,' says the Treatise, 'is a bird that attracts the eye greatly, from the contrast in her

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