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" This bird, in its natural state, is of a deep bluish ash colour ; the breast dashed with a fine changeable green and purple ; its wings marked with two black bars ; the back white, and the tail barred near the end with black. "
Natural history; or, A short introduction to animated nature - Page 105
by Natural history - 1854
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British Zoology, Volume 1

Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 530 pages
...wings marked with two black bars, one on the coverts of the wings, the other on the quil feathers. The back white, and the tail barred near the end with black. The weight fourteen ounces. In the wild ftate it breeds in holes of rocks, and hollows of trees, for...
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The Prose epitome; or, Extracts, elegant, instructive, and entertaining ...

1792 - 494 pages
...wings marked with two black bars, one on the coverts of the wings, the other on the qwflll- feathers- The back white, and the tail barred near the end with black. The weight fourteen ounces. In the wild uatc it breeds in holes of rocks, snd hollows of trees, for...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 5, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 434 pages
...wings marked with two black bars, one on the covert» of the wings, the other on the quill feathers; the back white, and the tail barred near the end with black. They weigh 14 ounces. In the wild fíate it breeds in holes of rocks and hollows of trees ; for which...
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Volume 1

1810 - 312 pages
...dashed with a fine changeable green and purple; its wings aré marked with two b|ack bars; and its tail barred near the end with black. These are the colours of the pigeon in a state of nature'. THE TURTLE-DOVE (Plate 54.; Is about twelve inches in length, from the tip of the bill tp t'fie end...
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The Youth's Companion: Or An Historical Dictionary; Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pages
...of a deep bluish ash colour ; the breast dashed with a fine changeable green and purple ; its wings marked with two black bars ; the back white, and the tail barred near the end with black. The stock dove is easily tamed, breeds 360 STORK....STRALSUXD. every month, lays two white eggs, from...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 4

Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...of a deep bluish ash-colour; the breast dashed with a fine changeable green and purple ; its wings marked with two black bars ; the back White, and the...from these simple tints has man by art propagated a variety that words cannot describe, nor even fancy suggest. However, Nature still perseveres in her...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 4

Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...of a deep bluish ash-coloffr ; the breast dashed with a fine changeable green and purple ; its wings marked with two black bars ; the back white, and the...black. These are the colours of the pigeon in a state 6f nature ; and from these siftiple tints has man by sat propagated a variety that words cannot describe,...
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The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles ...

Ezra Sampson - 1816 - 432 pages
...of a deep bluish ash colour ; the breast dashed with a fine changeable green and purple ; its wings marked with two black bars ; the back white, and the tail barred near the end with black. The stock dove is easily tamed, breeds 360 STORK— STALSUND. every month, lays two white eggs, from...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 6

1816 - 778 pages
...wings marked with two black bars, one on the coverts of the wings, the other on the quill leathers ; the back white, and the tail barred near the end with black. It weighs 14 ounces. In the wild (late it breeds in holes of rocks and hollows of trees; for which...
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A practical treatise on breeding, rearing, and fattening, all kinds of ...

John Lawrence - 1816 - 284 pages
...colour ; its wings marked with two black bars, one on the quill feathers, and the other on the covert ; the back white, and the tail barred near the end with black. The RING DOVE is yet held by naturalists to be distinct from the stock dove, and it would seem that...
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