. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . ild Dove, i( \ Of the the Germans. Or the Spaniards. Of the the Italians. Of the British andAnglo-Americans, iHE rock or wild pigeon of Europe is well known as^^5 the inhabitant of the pigeon houses in various parts ofthe world, or dove cots, as they are more frequentlycalled, buildings expressly erected for th
. The American bird fancier; considered with reference to the breeding, rearing, feeding, management, and peculiarities of cage and house birds; with remarks on their diseases and remedies; drawn from authentic sources and personal observation . ild Dove, i( \ Of the the Germans. Or the Spaniards. Of the the Italians. Of the British andAnglo-Americans, iHE rock or wild pigeon of Europe is well known as^^5 the inhabitant of the pigeon houses in various parts ofthe world, or dove cots, as they are more frequentlycalled, buildings expressly erected for the purpose of contain-ing colonies of these birds. In this state, Avhere they enjoy a perfect freedom of action, and are nearly dependant upon their 4* 82 PIGEONS. own exertions for support, they can scarcely be called reclaimed, much less domesticated. Man, indeed, hasonly taken advantage of certain habits peculiar to the species,and by the substitution of an artificial for a real cavern, (theirnatural habitation,) to which the pigeon house may be com-pared, has brought it into a kind of voluntary subjection,without violating, or at least greatly infringing upon itsnatural condition, and has rendered it subservient to hisbenefit and DESCRIPTION. In its natural state, the bill of this bird is blackish-brown;the nostril membrane red, sprinkled, as it were, with a whitepowder; the irides, pale reddish-orange; the head and throat,bluish-grey; the sides of the neck and upper part of thebreast are dark lavender-purple, glossed with shades of greenand purplish-red; the lower part of the breast, abdomen, wingcoverts, as well as the upper mandible, bluish-grey, the greaterA coverts and secondaries are barred with black, forming two ^m — -^^ PIGEONS- . 83 broad and distinct bars across the closed vvings; the lower partof the back is white ; the rump and tail coverts, bluish-grey; thetail, deep-grey, with a broad black bar at the end ; the legs andfeet are purplish-red; the wings,
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