Birds and All Nature, Vol. VII, No 1, January 1900

<h2><SPAN name="MARKED_WITH_BLEEDING_HEARTS" id="MARKED_WITH_BLEEDING_HEARTS"></SPAN> MARKED WITH BLEEDING HEARTS.</h2> <p>IN one of the cages at Lincoln Park are two pigeons or doves most peculiarly marked. They belong to the variety known as the "Bleeding Heart."</p> <p>Their backs and wings are of a bluish slate color, while their breasts are white, save for a spot of vivid crimson in the center. This spot is precisely like the stain which would be produced by a wound. It is about an inch in length, and the color fades out at the edges softly in little streaks.</p> <p>One can scarcely believe the little creatures are not victims of some cruel thrust, and the park employes say that lovesick people are wont to lean for hours on the railing opposite the cage, and, fixing their sad eyes on the birds, will moan in sympathy while they shed bitter tears.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</SPAN></span></p> <table class="sp2 mc w50" title="LILY OF THE VALLEY."> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="3"><span class="ac w100 figcenter"> <SPAN name="i_120.jpg" id="i_120.jpg"> <ANTIMG style="width:100%" src="images/i_120.jpg" alt="" /></SPAN></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="xx-smaller ac w30">CHICAGO:<br/> A. W. MUMFORD, PUBLISHER.</td> <td class="x-smaller ac w40">LILY OF THE VALLEY.<br/> Life-size.</td> <td class="xx-smaller ac w30">COPYRIGHT 1900, BY<br/> NATURE STUDY PUB. CO., CHICAGO.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[Pg 47]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />