Pigeons

Examples

• Many treatises in different languages have been published on pigeons, and some of them are very important, as being of considerable antiquity. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• You have no tumblers among your pigeons. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I have reserved one of the pigeons raw, that you may see in what state it arrived. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Fanciers select their dogs, horses, pigeons, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The supposed aboriginal stocks must all have been rock-pigeons, that is, they did not breed or willingly perch on trees. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• These pigeons are also kept in several European countries for military purposes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Fourthly, pigeons have been watched and tended with the utmost care, and loved by many people. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Here was a small rough hole in the mud wall, originally made for pigeons, through which the interior of the next shed could be viewed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• My sisters say she has diamonds as big as pigeons' eggs, George said, laughing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• How do Carrier Pigeons Carry Messages? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Seventy-two miles in two and one-half hours, a hundred and eighty in four and one-half, have been accomplished by carrier pigeons. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Take a pair of tumbler-pigeons for them--little beauties. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The pigeons and the steak have been preserved raw in stoppered bottles since the 21st of last November and the eggs since the 4th of July, 1881. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• There is no one who has not seen a magician put one or more pigeons into the drawer of one of these boxes, and after closing it open it to find that the birds have disappeared. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Some facts in regard to the colouring of pigeons well deserve consideration. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Still you see, as far as it goes, a pair of pigeons are portable property all the same. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• About this same period the Dutch were as eager about pigeons as were the old Romans. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Pigeons were much valued by Akber Khan in India, about the year 1600; never less than 20,000 pigeons were taken with the court. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• When I go into that yard, the pigeons from your dovecot flutter at my feet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Believing that it is always best to study some special group, I have, after deliberation, taken up domestic pigeons. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• A pair of church pigeons for a couple of wicked Spanish fowls that eat their own eggs! George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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