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 246
... better and more conducive to precision , to retain Penelope as the generic term . We should consequently decide to adopt it as such in the present chapter , did not the length of the word , as well as the previous currency of the ...
... better and more conducive to precision , to retain Penelope as the generic term . We should consequently decide to adopt it as such in the present chapter , did not the length of the word , as well as the previous currency of the ...
Page 326
... better domestic use or profit in his second than in his first character , ex- cept when artistically roasted , or skilfully mounted in a glass case . The Bittern is as provoking to his master's forbearance as was Ocnos ; nay worse , he ...
... better domestic use or profit in his second than in his first character , ex- cept when artistically roasted , or skilfully mounted in a glass case . The Bittern is as provoking to his master's forbearance as was Ocnos ; nay worse , he ...
Page 388
... better , perhaps , than to their customers ; for the lia- bility of Quails to this disorder is stated by Pliny as one reason for abstaining from their flesh : - " To Quails the seed of a poisonous plant ( Hellebore ) is the most ...
... better , perhaps , than to their customers ; for the lia- bility of Quails to this disorder is stated by Pliny as one reason for abstaining from their flesh : - " To Quails the seed of a poisonous plant ( Hellebore ) is the most ...
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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