soft-plumed

Updated: June 11, 2025

Flocks of the soft-plumed and ever-hungry St. Mark's pigeons would greet us, espying us from afar, circling round and almost burying us in their midst, delighted to perch on our hands and peck the grain we brought to throw them.

W. Cope Devereux - Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo: Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily: with a Short Account of Malta