Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Columbidae

  • Pigeons and doves

    The deeper you get into pigeons, the more complicated they get. Are pigeons the same as doves? What are squab and what are quail? Which may you eat, which may you feed, and which may you shoot? It seems to depend on where you live. If pigeons spread disease, why are so many allowed in…