. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. 272 VERTEBRATES. of winged creatures which the hand of God has so profusely adorned with the richest plumage and the most elegant form. The Carrier Dove.—Linnaeus calls this most interesting, faa-famed, gifted bird, by the name of colwmha tabeUaria. The name is derived from a word signifying a letter. This dove is of a larger size than the greater part of pigeons, being fifteen inches in length, and sometimes weighing
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. 272 VERTEBRATES. of winged creatures which the hand of God has so profusely adorned with the richest plumage and the most elegant form. The Carrier Dove.—Linnaeus calls this most interesting, faa-famed, gifted bird, by the name of colwmha tabeUaria. The name is derived from a word signifying a letter. This dove is of a larger size than the greater part of pigeons, being fifteen inches in length, and sometimes weighing twenty ounces. The symmetry of its form is most superior and complete. Those which are of a. Carrier DoTe. blue, or of a blue piebald color, are most esteemed by pigeon- ianciers. We know not the country to which the carrier originally belonged. It is said to have been imported from Bussorah into Great Britain and the United States, where it is now completely naturalized. If carrier pigeons -are hoodwinked, and in this' state con- veyed from twenty to a hundred miles, they will find their way back to the place of their nativity. They are regularly trained to this service in Turkey and Persia. They are carried first, while young, short flights of half a mile, afterwards the distance is gradually increased, till at length they will return from the far-. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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