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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... animals . - Crested Turkeys formerly in Holland.- None now produced in English poultry - yards . - Still extant in Central Ame- rica . Of two kinds . - Not a freak of nature , but distinct species . - Desiderata in our menageries . So ...
... animals . - Crested Turkeys formerly in Holland.- None now produced in English poultry - yards . - Still extant in Central Ame- rica . Of two kinds . - Not a freak of nature , but distinct species . - Desiderata in our menageries . So ...
Page 453
... ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT , Theory of , 68 , 167 , 176 . ANTWERP breed of Carrier Pigeons , 127 . APOCRYPHAL ANIMALS , 274 . ARABIAN LEGEND , 11 . ARCHANGEL PIGEONS , 99 . ARISTOTLE ON Pigeons , 17 . AUSTRALIA , abundance of Pigeons in , 14 ...
... ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT , Theory of , 68 , 167 , 176 . ANTWERP breed of Carrier Pigeons , 127 . APOCRYPHAL ANIMALS , 274 . ARABIAN LEGEND , 11 . ARCHANGEL PIGEONS , 99 . ARISTOTLE ON Pigeons , 17 . AUSTRALIA , abundance of Pigeons in , 14 ...
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... animal , theory of , 68 , 167 , 176 . DIFFICULTY of retaining Pigeons , 52 . DINORNIS , or Wonder Bird , 362 . DOMESTIC ANIMALS are distinct races , 72 , 167 . DOMESTIC PIGEONS , 86 . DOMESTIC AND WILD PIGEONS , 150 . DOMESTICATION of ...
... animal , theory of , 68 , 167 , 176 . DIFFICULTY of retaining Pigeons , 52 . DINORNIS , or Wonder Bird , 362 . DOMESTIC ANIMALS are distinct races , 72 , 167 . DOMESTIC PIGEONS , 86 . DOMESTIC AND WILD PIGEONS , 150 . DOMESTICATION 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