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 106
... TURBIT * is the breed which the French writers have supposed to be the most isolated of the domestic races , and to have greater claims than any of them to specific distinction . I cannot say that my * " Turbits , of the meaning and ...
... TURBIT * is the breed which the French writers have supposed to be the most isolated of the domestic races , and to have greater claims than any of them to specific distinction . I cannot say that my * " Turbits , of the meaning and ...
Page 107
... Turbit also has , but no greater . Temminck complains of the difficulties which ama- teurs experience in making them propagate with other races supposed to be derived from the Biset ; but two brown - shouldered hen Turbits in my ...
... Turbit also has , but no greater . Temminck complains of the difficulties which ama- teurs experience in making them propagate with other races supposed to be derived from the Biset ; but two brown - shouldered hen Turbits in my ...
Page 108
... Turbit I cannot take upon me to deter- mine . 66 It is a small Pigeon , something larger than the Owl ; its beak is short like that of a Partridge ; and the shorter it is the more it is valued ; it should have a round button head , with ...
... Turbit I cannot take upon me to deter- mine . 66 It is a small Pigeon , something larger than the Owl ; its beak is short like that of a Partridge ; and the shorter it is the more it is valued ; it should have a round button head , with ...
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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