The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern (1833)
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850 · London : E. Wilson · leaf 456
nd sit fourteen days before theyoung are hatched. Wood pigeons are excel-lent eating, except when they feed on turnipsand rape. They are useful in coverts thatare made preserves for pheasants, by imme-diately taking alarm if any person enters themafter they have roosted, and quitting the treesupon… … This bird very much resembles the black- I dusky hue; each feather is margined with abird; its general colour is of a dull black or | greyish ash colour; the bill is dusky; cor- Rivl THE FIELD BOOK. 443 ners of the mouth and inside yellow ; eyeshazel; its breast is distinguished by a crescentof…
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