. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. 286 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS much esteemed as the fowl or the otherdenizens of the poultry yard. II. The Domestic PigeonThe domestic pigeon, as it moves aboutin perfect liberty, presents a slender butnot thin body, with no shyness or timidityin its movements. There is, in fact, some-thing massive and assured in its approach,small as it is. Its brilliant colors — blue,gray, white, or brown — charm the eye ; itsdecided step, its solid legs (though agile andtouching the earth lightly), and its suddenflights, with heavy beat of wing,
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. 286 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS much esteemed as the fowl or the otherdenizens of the poultry yard. II. The Domestic PigeonThe domestic pigeon, as it moves aboutin perfect liberty, presents a slender butnot thin body, with no shyness or timidityin its movements. There is, in fact, some-thing massive and assured in its approach,small as it is. Its brilliant colors — blue,gray, white, or brown — charm the eye ; itsdecided step, its solid legs (though agile andtouching the earth lightly), and its suddenflights, with heavy beat of wing, distinguishit from all other birds when in the vicinityof man. Thanks to its piercing sight, itcan distinguish at great distances a seedor a pea, which it picks up daintily, neverscratching the soil like hens. If we watch the pigeon in his flight weshall learn many things about the mannerin which he turns in circles and curves,resting on his outspread wings ; and it isnot surprising that those who call them-selves the pioneers of aeronautics shouldhave gone t
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