. 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. chap, ii.] CHICK OF GUAN. 273 the bad weather which had occurred in that part of Eng- land. There is one great peculiarity about these young Curassowsâthey are perchers almost from the very first, and appear very averse to go under their nurse; even when put under they quickly emerge, and generally try to get on her back; but a perch, even only a few inches from the ground, is their great object. They appear to be (
. 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. chap, ii.] CHICK OF GUAN. 273 the bad weather which had occurred in that part of Eng- land. There is one great peculiarity about these young Curassowsâthey are perchers almost from the very first, and appear very averse to go under their nurse; even when put under they quickly emerge, and generally try to get on her back; but a perch, even only a few inches from the ground, is their great object. They appear to be (to coin a word) rather of dumetal, than arboreal habits, affecting neither the ground nor yet the tree tops, but something midway between the two. At Knowsley, during the season of 1850, there have been hatched seven Curassows and two Guans. There have been reared six of the former, five very good birds, and one of the latter now almost full-grown as to wings. The vignette represents a chick of the Penelope super- eiliaris hatched at Knowsley. :â¢â. Chick of 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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