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Test fondnefs fot their eg eves is f great, that : 
they will fuffer fevere hardthips, rather than for-- 
. fake. them. A hen Pigeon, whofe box was un« 
fortunately placed fo near a window during fome 
es ory: cold weather, that her feet were frozen and 
fell off, till continued fitting > until fhe had hatehe: 
ed her young. ee 









% The young Pigeons are generally a cock and an 
: hen; ‘their parents feed them by firft fwallowing 
7 he grain, and after it is a little foftened in their 
‘firt ftomach, they throw it back through their. 
beaks. into the beaks of their young. : 
2 Aiter P Pigeons are once paired, they are very: 
conftant :. nothing can be more. pleafing ¢ and afii- 
luous than the attention of the mate to his part-. 
‘ner, he feems to follicit her regard by the moft- 
‘interefting manners, he walks frequently round 
est, difplaying himfelf in a variety of attitudes, . 
A ‘and calling to her in a note the mof tender and - 
plaintive, Of all birds they appear the moft| happy: 
‘ and affeQionate, cooing to, and billing ong another. 
in a-manner that feems to difcover a “te dernels, 
and even a delicacy Of steam ee 
cere Oe Greeks had improved the breed of Picesai, : 
ond kept them in Dove-heufes. ‘Pliny, among 
the Romans, {peaks of a large breed of Pigeons. 
it Eptophnias and of people. valle being Hes cu- 
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