Josselyn said he had bought in Boston a dozen pigeons all dressed for threepence.
That was the only thing about the pigeons that we did not like--their dirty untidy nests, and the frightful ugliness of the newly-hatched pigeons.
There were many fields of corn within sight of our house, and we perceived that our naughty pigeons took to flying out to these fields, instead of going so much to the station.
But he too was very fond of going to the station, and sitting on the store-house roof; and at last, really half our pigeons had their nests in the station house instead of in ours.
There was an old pigeon-house in the roof of the luggage store, which formed part of the station buildings; and our ungrateful pigeons actually went and built some of their nests in this pigeon house in preference to our own.
You are almost right, though these Pigeons vary in length, because some have longer tails than others.
And there are more black birds, very big ones too, going over to the water, and more yet coming out of those stumpy little pines, and there are some yellow pigeons down in the grass!
Our domestic Pigeons have beautiful and varied plumage, but to my mind many wild species surpass them.
There are a few game birds in this glass case--some Pigeonsand Grouse; suppose we finish the morning in their company?
One habit that Pigeonsand Doves have, all their own, is that in drinking they do not raise the head to swallow like other birds, but keep the beak in the water until they are through.
Cut them in small pieces and roll some up in each slice of bacon; lay the pigeons on top, pouring over them the liquor they were cooked in and half the wine.
Truss your pigeons and cook them in butter for ten minutes in a fireproof dish.
Pick, soak, and boil pigeons with the same care as directed in the receipt for roasting them.
The pigeons were stepping majestically about on the ground, the sun touching their soft gray feathers with blue and green and rose.
The startled pigeonswithdrew a short way and stood watching her curiously with their hard, bright eyes.
To complete the inside equipment, you need a drinking fountain or pan, so protected that the pigeons can only put their heads into the water.
During certain seasons the larger pigeons roost, in countless thousands, in trees on little isolated cays remote from the larger islands, where wonderful shooting may be had during the morning and evening flights.
Great fruit pigeons and huge hornbills frequently fly over one's boat, or perch in trees where they can be shot from the river.
There are very numerous species of pigeons and doves in the Philippines.
Pigeons are to be put into a skillet with some strong broth, or spring water.
Pigeons are of a hot nature, and should therefore be used sparingly.
Pigeons left from dinner the day before may be stewed, or made into a pie.
If the brood should be too small, put among them a few tame pigeons of their own colour.
Add a little broth, and stew gently till the pigeons are tender; then put among them two or three spoonfuls of cream, and a piece of butter and flour for thickening.
If pigeons were boned, and then put in an oval form into the pot, they would lie closer, and require less butter.
Rub thepigeons with pepper and salt, inside and out.
Put the pigeons upon it, but first season them well with salt and pepper, and cover them with the remainder of the cabbage.
Pigeons are fond of salt, and it keeps them in health.
When the pots are cold, put them on the table in the dove-cote; the pigeons will eat the mixture and get well.
The head of the pigeons should be kept up, as if alive, by tying the neck with some thread, and the legs bent as if the birds sat upon them.
High up, white pigeons wheeled round the spire or fluttered from niche to niche, and a queer fancy took him that they were the souls of the carved saints up there, talking to one another above the city's traffic.
In the illustration, a pair of Lanner Falcons are depicted as pursuing some of the rock-pigeons which abound in Palestine, the attitudes of both birds being taken from life.
That the pigeons which are not domesticated live in the rocks was known to the Scripture writers, who make several references to the fact.
It was in consequence of the poverty of the family that the Virgin Mary brought two young pigeons when she came to present her new-born Son in the Temple.
Poorer people, who cannot afford to build a separate house for the pigeons, set up jars for them in their own houses, the pigeons gaining access to their nests through the door.
The Doves andPigeons were to the birds what were the sheep and lambs to the animals, and, like them, derived their chief interest from their use in sacrifice.
Now, in order that poverty should be no restriction to the attainment of the greatest spiritual privileges, it was ordained that young pigeons or Turtle Doves might be substituted for the more costly animals.
In the Holy Land are found all the species of Pigeons which inhabit England, together with one or two others.
In this passage the sacred writer utters a prophecy concerning the coming of the world to the Messiah, the Gentiles flocking to Him as the clouds of pigeons fly homeward to their cotes.
We now come to the various species of Pigeons which inhabit Palestine.
An allusion to the custom of keeping pigeonsin cotes is seen in Isa.
The deep valleys that run between the mountain ranges are literally crowded with pigeons who have made their nests in the cavities.
Clouds of wild pigeons flew up to right and left of them, circling over the now diminishing crops and the little runlets of water that soon would die away where sterility's empire began.
The flocks are not so large as they were, however, for many millions of the birds have been destroyed; and as these pigeons never lay more than two eggs, they do not multiply very fast.
The characters of certain breeds of canaries andpigeons again appear to depend upon their heterozygous nature.
This is Darwin's famous case of the occasional appearance of pigeons reverting to the wild blue rock (Columba livia), when certain domesticated races are crossed together.
These birds never flock as Passenger Pigeons did, traveling in companies of six to a dozen, and they have no common nesting or roosting places, but nest anywhere in the woods, orchards or vines.
In some parts, where Pigeons are plentiful, they get of their Fat enough to supply their Winter Stores.
I enquired of the Indians that dwell'd in those Parts, where it was that those Pigeons bred, and they pointed towards the vast Ridge of Mountains, and said, they bred there.
Chickens come home to roost, and my pigeons had found a nesting-place on my anatomy; and the spot they had chosen was right in the neck.
I owned a part interest in some pigeons with a boy named Jack Thomas.
He told me that my share of the eggs had rotted and his share had hatched, so that my interest in the young pigeons had died out and they were all his now.
In Hobart Town it is frequently exposed for sale in the markets with bronze-wing pigeons and wattle-birds, where it is known by the name of ground-dove .
Upon the branches the satin-bird, the gangan, and various kinds of pigeons were feeding.
The pigeons are by far the most beautiful birds in the island; they are called bronze-winged pigeons.
Gentle little squatter-pigeons cooed lovingly in answer to their mates on all sides.
In the woods beyond the stream, where the wood-pigeons cooed, a little bird called "Slee-eep!
Adam Jones came slowly through the doorway, which was surmounted by a gable guard of slate pigeons and flanked by slate rosettes.
They just call them pigeonholes because they are like the openings that pigeons go in and out of at barns, and such places, I suppose.
Season the steak and pigeons nicely, and put them into the pie-dish with the hard-boiled yolks.
Put in the pigeons and stew gently until they are tender.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pigeons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
