Doves and Pigeons

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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The Art Of Cookery
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  1. To know the turtle dove, look for the bluish ring round his neck, and the rest mostly white.
  2. The flock dove is bigger.
  3. The ring dove is less than the flock dove.
  4. The dove-house pigeons, when old, are red-legged.
  5. If new and fat, they will feel full and fat in the vent, and are limber-footed.
  6. If stale, a flabby and green vent.
Original Text
Doves and Pigeons. To know the turtle dove, look for the bluiſh ring round his neck, and the reſt moſtly white: The flock dove is bigger; and the ring dove is leſs than the flock dove. The dove-houſe pigeons, when old, are red legged; if new and fat, they will feel full and fat in the vent, and are limber footed; but if stale, a flabby and green vent.
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