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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Page viii
... Italy . - Effects of crossing . - Trumpeters . - Archangel Pigeons . - Nuns . - Jacobines . - Columbarian distinctions . - Sup- posed caricature . - Turbits . - Temminck's ideas . - Owls . - Pro- gress of the young . - Rapid growth ...
... Italy . - Effects of crossing . - Trumpeters . - Archangel Pigeons . - Nuns . - Jacobines . - Columbarian distinctions . - Sup- posed caricature . - Turbits . - Temminck's ideas . - Owls . - Pro- gress of the young . - Rapid growth ...
Page 94
... Italian , Tronfo and Asturnellato ; in English , a Runt ; a name ( as I suppose ) corrupted from the Italian Tronfo : though , to say the truth , what this Italian word Tronfo signifies , and consequently why this kind of Pigeon is so ...
... Italian , Tronfo and Asturnellato ; in English , a Runt ; a name ( as I suppose ) corrupted from the Italian Tronfo : though , to say the truth , what this Italian word Tronfo signifies , and consequently why this kind of Pigeon is so ...
Page 96
... Italy have noticed , with retrospective relish , the size and flavour of these excel- lent birds . We remember once at Montefiascone having complained ( not very angrily ) of a dinner - bill , which seemed to amount to more pauls than ...
... Italy have noticed , with retrospective relish , the size and flavour of these excel- lent birds . We remember once at Montefiascone having complained ( not very angrily ) of a dinner - bill , which seemed to amount to more pauls than ...
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The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of ... Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2018 |
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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