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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... doves , as Strabo relates , took their flight from the city of Thebes in Egypt , one of which flew to the temple of Jupiter Ammon , and the other to Dodona , where with a human voice they acquainted the inhabitants of the country that ...
... doves , as Strabo relates , took their flight from the city of Thebes in Egypt , one of which flew to the temple of Jupiter Ammon , and the other to Dodona , where with a human voice they acquainted the inhabitants of the country that ...
Page 455
... DOVE , 209 ; the smallest Pigeon existing , 210 . GRALLATORES , or Waders , 313 ; of India , 315 . GRATITUDE of Storks , 337 . GROUND DOVES of Australia , 198 , 205 ; of Jamaica , 220 . GROWTH of young Pigeons very rapid , 109 . GUANS ...
... DOVE , 209 ; the smallest Pigeon existing , 210 . GRALLATORES , or Waders , 313 ; of India , 315 . GRATITUDE of Storks , 337 . GROUND DOVES of Australia , 198 , 205 ; of Jamaica , 220 . GROWTH of young Pigeons very rapid , 109 . GUANS ...
Page 457
... DOVE , 209 ; the smallest Pigeon existing , 210 . SPOONBILLS , 320 . SQUABS , newly hatched , 35 , 58 . ST . JOHN'S Tour in Sutherlandshire , 159 . STOCK DOVES , 187 . STORK , White , 314 , 335 ; Indian , 315 . STRAW BASKET , or pan ...
... DOVE , 209 ; the smallest Pigeon existing , 210 . SPOONBILLS , 320 . SQUABS , newly hatched , 35 , 58 . ST . JOHN'S Tour in Sutherlandshire , 159 . STOCK DOVES , 187 . STORK , White , 314 , 335 ; Indian , 315 . STRAW BASKET , or pan ...
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