. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. TIIK COTTAGE GAllDKNEU MAY'.t.] I vtinety whli llio two followinp;. Tomniiiu-Ic, one of tlio nullinrs who liest uiKlerstooil tlioso binls, only nnitos tlio dovelioMso I pi^'pon to tlii-;, but lie thinks that some vm-iiMii's of tlio ilovo- cot i-onio from olsowhoro. This hinl, which is fonml in Afiica, ns wt'U as far north in Swoilon, appeals in iMnupe in tlie spring, ami iloparts in antnnin. It iiihahits the woods, builils on the branches, or in the holes of trees, ami roosls habitnally. If nil doniesiiL- pi;;ecins ilo not ilesii'iulfrom th
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. TIIK COTTAGE GAllDKNEU MAY'.t.] I vtinety whli llio two followinp;. Tomniiiu-Ic, one of tlio nullinrs who liest uiKlerstooil tlioso binls, only nnitos tlio dovelioMso I pi^'pon to tlii-;, but lie thinks that some vm-iiMii's of tlio ilovo- cot i-onio from olsowhoro. This hinl, which is fonml in Afiica, ns wt'U as far north in Swoilon, appeals in iMnupe in tlie spring, ami iloparts in antnnin. It iiihahits the woods, builils on the branches, or in the holes of trees, ami roosls habitnally. If nil doniesiiL- pi;;ecins ilo not ilesii'iulfrom this one, ns some natm-alists think, it is most eertaiiily the oritjin of the stock of theilevehonso; it soon becomes dmnestieateil, ami in one part of Asia thoy consider it an amnsemen; to reduce it to this tamo state. "All tlironf;li ; says Chardin. "both wild and tame pigeons are fotnnl, but the wild .are much more abundant. I think in this eountry theyhnilil the handsciinest dove-houses in the world; there are more than tliieo thousand round Ispahan. It is a great aiiiuse- ment to the inhabitants to cateh these ])igeons in the country, liy means of some tamed and trained for this puipose; they lly in flocks all day after the wild ones, wliicli tliey surround and decoy to the ; â¢â !. The Stock-Uove : Columha liv'ta <riins.âIt differs essentially from the preceding, by having always a blue ash coloured nnnp; its head, throat, and all its under parts are also of this colour'; the sides of the neck are of a varying green, that is to say, have a metallic rellection ; the breast (if a pui'plish colour; the top of the back of a broMiiish ash colour; a black spot on the two last secondary feathers of the mngs; ."Jl the quill feathers of tlio wing and tail of a bluish ash colour, terminating in black, some white also is on the extreme beard of the lateral quill feathers of the tail; iris of the eye a reddish lirown; bill and feet red;
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