. 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. 434 DIET, WEIGHT. [chap. xiii. May it not be suspected that some species of the brute creation have thus been driven into domestication by their stronger comrades, and have taken refuge under the protection of Man, to escape the persecutions of their more nearly allied kindred, just as the Hare and the Dove have been known to throw themselves into our very arms, to avoid immediate death from the Hound and the Falcon
. 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. 434 DIET, WEIGHT. [chap. xiii. May it not be suspected that some species of the brute creation have thus been driven into domestication by their stronger comrades, and have taken refuge under the protection of Man, to escape the persecutions of their more nearly allied kindred, just as the Hare and the Dove have been known to throw themselves into our very arms, to avoid immediate death from the Hound and the Falcon ?. Gosling of Sandwich Berniclc. The diet of the Sandwich Bernicle resembles that of its near relatives in every respect, i. e. grain and herbage. I have observed no sign of its eating worms or insects at any time. The male weighs 4J lbs. Bill black; irides dark brown ; pupil black. Front of head black, extending behind the eye, and in a stripe down the back of the neck. Fore part of neck fawn colour, down to its junction with the body, where it is terminated by a. 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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