. 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. HABITS IN CAPTIVITY. 347 the body of his mate, till we carried it away as a present to a neighbouring bird-stuffer; and he still continues with us in a state of widowhood, as he is unable to make a journey to his native home and find a new wife for himself. Storks in captivity do not show any restlessness at their usual times of migration ; but after that period, it is advisable to house them at night,
. 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. HABITS IN CAPTIVITY. 347 the body of his mate, till we carried it away as a present to a neighbouring bird-stuffer; and he still continues with us in a state of widowhood, as he is unable to make a journey to his native home and find a new wife for himself. Storks in captivity do not show any restlessness at their usual times of migration ; but after that period, it is advisable to house them at night, and in bad weather: in midwinter they had better not be in the open air more than the three or four finest hours of the day. They get so used to this sort of shelter, that they tvill have it when the regular time comes. No dissipated lodger, locked out for exceeding all respectable hours of return, knocks to be let in with more determination, than does my poor shivering Stork insist on being ad- mitted on a winter's afternoon. If he happen to be on the island, and the gate on the bridge is closed, he will. Foot of White Stork—one fourth natural size. take to the water, though it is much beyond his depth, and swim across most determinedly. In this he is. 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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