The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and Other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their ManagementW.S. Orr, 1851 - 458 pages |
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... chap . v . 7 , we find , And if he be not able to bring a lamb , then he shall bring for his trespass , which he ... CHAP . I. ] ANCIENT DOMESTICATION . 13 mer bird 12 [ CHAP . I. ANCIENT DOMESTICATION .
... chap . v . 7 , we find , And if he be not able to bring a lamb , then he shall bring for his trespass , which he ... CHAP . I. ] ANCIENT DOMESTICATION . 13 mer bird 12 [ CHAP . I. ANCIENT DOMESTICATION .
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... chap . iii . CHAP . II . ] MERITS OF THE COCK . 56 [ CHAP . II . LAYING . -INCUBATION .
... chap . iii . CHAP . II . ] MERITS OF THE COCK . 56 [ CHAP . II . LAYING . -INCUBATION .
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... chap . ii . CHAP . II . ] DIFFERENCES AMONG THE EGGS AND 62 [ CHAP . 11 . CARE OF THE YOUNG BIRDS .
... chap . ii . CHAP . II . ] DIFFERENCES AMONG THE EGGS AND 62 [ CHAP . 11 . CARE OF THE YOUNG BIRDS .
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ancient animals appear Archangel Pigeons Australian aviary beak beautiful bill Blue Rock bred breed Buffon cage called captivity Carrier Pigeons CHAP chick cock Collared Turtle colour Columba Columba livia Columbida common creatures Curassows curious domestic Pigeons domesticable Dovecotes Dovehouse Pigeons Doves eggs Emeu fanciers Fancy Pigeons Fantail feathers feed feet female flesh flight flock fowls frequently give ground Guans Gulls habits hatched head incubation kind Knowsley less live loft male mate native natural naturalists neck nest never observed pair parents Passenger Pigeon peculiar Peristera Pigeon-house plumage poultry Quail race reared resembles respecting Rock Dove Rock Pigeon Runts season seen shot sometimes soon sort species specimens Stork suppose tail Temminck tion trap Treatise Tumblers Turbit Turkey usual Water Hen wild Willughby wings young birds young Pigeons Zoological