Doves are animals ferae natures, and not the subject of larceny unless they are in the owner’s custody; as, for example, in a dove-house, or wheu in the nest before they can fly. Com. v. Chace, 9 Pick. (Moss.) 15, 19 Am. Dec. 348; Ruckmon v. Outwater, 28 N. J. Law, 581
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
