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 67
... bill - the very thing they want , in order to live by suction on the milky ali- ment secreted by the parent birds . The bill of a young Pigeon is a ridiculously prominent feature , a laughable caricature of what we might suppose a bill ...
... bill - the very thing they want , in order to live by suction on the milky ali- ment secreted by the parent birds . The bill of a young Pigeon is a ridiculously prominent feature , a laughable caricature of what we might suppose a bill ...
Page 180
... bill is then quite soft , and is thrust down the throat of the parent birds for nutriment ; which action , like most functions of necessity , is a pleasure to the giver as well as to the receiver . This lactiferous secretion has led to ...
... bill is then quite soft , and is thrust down the throat of the parent birds for nutriment ; which action , like most functions of necessity , is a pleasure to the giver as well as to the receiver . This lactiferous secretion has led to ...
Page 343
... bill , which put one in mind of the antennal language of Bees . A clattering of the two mandibles of the bill is used as a more distant signal . The politeness of the husband to the wife , during their joint residence with us , was ...
... bill , which put one in mind of the antennal language of Bees . A clattering of the two mandibles of the bill is used as a more distant signal . The politeness of the husband to the wife , during their joint residence with us , was ...
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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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