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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... Runts . - Pigeon mon- dains . Comparison of eggs and weights . - Synonyms of Runts . -Runts at sea . - Rodney's bantam . - Peculiarities of Runts.— Runts in Italy . - Effects of crossing . - Trumpeters . - Archangel Pigeons . - Nuns ...
... Runts . - Pigeon mon- dains . Comparison of eggs and weights . - Synonyms of Runts . -Runts at sea . - Rodney's bantam . - Peculiarities of Runts.— Runts in Italy . - Effects of crossing . - Trumpeters . - Archangel Pigeons . - Nuns ...
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... Runts . - Pigeon mondains . - Comparison of eggs and weights . - Synonyms of Runts . - Runts at sea . - Rodney's bantam . - Pecu- liarities of Runts . - Runts in Italy . - Effects of crossing . - Trumpeters . - Arch- angel Pigeons ...
... Runts . - Pigeon mondains . - Comparison of eggs and weights . - Synonyms of Runts . - Runts at sea . - Rodney's bantam . - Pecu- liarities of Runts . - Runts in Italy . - Effects of crossing . - Trumpeters . - Arch- angel Pigeons ...
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... Runts , increase in bulk , till they are three or four years old . As to their feathers , they are various , but the best that I have seen were either white , black , or red - mottled . Leghorn Runts are more valued than any other sort of ...
... Runts , increase in bulk , till they are three or four years old . As to their feathers , they are various , but the best that I have seen were either white , black , or red - mottled . Leghorn Runts are more valued than any other sort of ...
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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