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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... brought most curious engineers , who framed a wooden towre , and all other artificiall instruments . For we must not think , that the world was at a losse for warre- tools before the brood of guns was hatched . And now for a preparative ...
... brought most curious engineers , who framed a wooden towre , and all other artificiall instruments . For we must not think , that the world was at a losse for warre- tools before the brood of guns was hatched . And now for a preparative ...
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... brought up by my children from the nest , so that we had opportunities for watching their natural propensities , untaught by the parent birds . King- fishers were also brought up and kept by me with the other birds , and in fact one ...
... brought up by my children from the nest , so that we had opportunities for watching their natural propensities , untaught by the parent birds . King- fishers were also brought up and kept by me with the other birds , and in fact one ...
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... brought up young Kingfishers , you would be astonished how large fish they are capable of swallowing . In feeding them I have often given them a bleak or a dace as long as their entire body , in- cluding beak and tail ; and , in ...
... brought up young Kingfishers , you would be astonished how large fish they are capable of swallowing . In feeding them I have often given them a bleak or a dace as long as their entire body , in- cluding beak and tail ; and , in ...
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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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