 They have a very short thick bill, like a Bullfinch ; the crown of their head is flat and depressed ; the feathers on the breast reflected both ways. They are about the bigness of the Jacobines, or a little bigger.  Fancy pigeons - Page 209de James C. Lyell - 1881Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1863 - 390 pages
...meaning or origin of the name given to these birds, says ' that they have a short thick bill, like a bullfinch ; the crown of their head is flat and...reflected both ways. They are about the bigness of the Jacobins, or a little bigger.' Turbits are elassed according to the colour of their shoulders as Nuns... | |
 | William Bernhard Tegetmeier - 1868 - 234 pages
...flat and depressed ; the feathers in the breast reflected both ways* They are about the bigness of Jacobines, or a little bigger. I take these to be the Candy or Indian Doves of Aldrovandus, the Low Dutch Cortbeke." Moore, in the " Columbarium," gives the following short account... | |
 | William Bernhard Tegetmeier - 1873 - 246 pages
...and original of which name I must confess myself to be ignorant, have a very short thick bill, like a bullfinch ; the crown of their head is flat and depressed ; the feathers in the breast reflected both ways. They are about the bigness of Jacobines, or a little bigger. I take... | |
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