pigeons

• Geof watched their laughing tormenter until he stopped for breath near the base of the campanile_, and, in an instant, the pigeons were alighting on his arms and shoulders, and gathering in an eager, gurgling mass about his feet. —  A Venetian June
• The supposed aboriginal stocks must all have been rock-pigeons, that is, not breeding or willingly perching on trees. —  On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)
• Before he ventured upon the splendid speculations at the Gothic Hall, with F r T n, Mr. Charles S and Lord D he used to frequent the most notorious g g houses, ~~355 occasionally picking up a half crown as the pigeons were knocked down by the more wealthy players. —  Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)
• Startle not at the word as too strong--for the pigeons are cooing in the belfry, the stream is murmuring round the mossy churchyard wall, a few lambs are lying on the mounds, and flowers laughing in the sunshine over the cells of the dead. —  Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
• The oak forests had not then fallen, and the pigeons were abundant in September and until there were heavy night frosts, when they would leave for milder regions. —  Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1

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