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 116
... beautiful near at hand , they can only look dirt - coloured when seen from any distance . " I have had , " boasts the anonymous author of that shamefully , because unthankfully , plagiarised little volume , " I have had some so ...
... beautiful near at hand , they can only look dirt - coloured when seen from any distance . " I have had , " boasts the anonymous author of that shamefully , because unthankfully , plagiarised little volume , " I have had some so ...
Page 206
... beautiful Pigeon , [ Peristera histrionica , ] on the bill of which some moist clay was adhering ; wherefore we concluded that he had just been drinking at some shallow , but still unexhausted , puddle of water near us : we were ...
... beautiful Pigeon , [ Peristera histrionica , ] on the bill of which some moist clay was adhering ; wherefore we concluded that he had just been drinking at some shallow , but still unexhausted , puddle of water near us : we were ...
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... beautiful structure , formed of the stalks of a few flowering grasses , crossed and inter- woven after the manner of the other Pigeons . It utters a rather singular note , which at times very much resem- bles the distant crowing of a ...
... beautiful structure , formed of the stalks of a few flowering grasses , crossed and inter- woven after the manner of the other Pigeons . It utters a rather singular note , which at times very much resem- bles the distant crowing of a ...
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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