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 88
... bred of male Fantail parentage . In cross - bred Pigeons , as far as my own observations have gone , the male influ- ence is nearly paramount . Similar facts have also oc- curred in the much larger experience of the London Zoological ...
... bred of male Fantail parentage . In cross - bred Pigeons , as far as my own observations have gone , the male influ- ence is nearly paramount . Similar facts have also oc- curred in the much larger experience of the London Zoological ...
Page 126
... bred over again from a Carrier ; and the oftener it is thus bred , the stouter the Horseman becomes . " The only thing that seems inclinable to favour the opinion that they are original , is a strain of this kind brought over from ...
... bred over again from a Carrier ; and the oftener it is thus bred , the stouter the Horseman becomes . " The only thing that seems inclinable to favour the opinion that they are original , is a strain of this kind brought over from ...
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... bred under the superintendence of man , will be ultimately the place they are destined by Providence to occupy in the scale of creation . The Some of this family , as the Crested Marsh Pigeon , and the common Bronze - wing , have already ...
... bred under the superintendence of man , will be ultimately the place they are destined by Providence to occupy in the scale of creation . The Some of this family , as the Crested Marsh Pigeon , and the common Bronze - wing , have already ...
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