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 57
... cocks take their place upon the eggs . If you enter a Pigeon- loft at about two o'clock in the afternoon , you will find all the cock birds sitting - a family arrangement that affords an easy method of discovering which birds are paired ...
... cocks take their place upon the eggs . If you enter a Pigeon- loft at about two o'clock in the afternoon , you will find all the cock birds sitting - a family arrangement that affords an easy method of discovering which birds are paired ...
Page 143
... Cock - pigeon over his hen . ' Which is saying a good deal , for Pigeons can buffet smartly . Indeed , I well remember , when a child , being terribly scared one day by a Powting Pigeon . I had gone up into a hay - loft when the old cock ...
... Cock - pigeon over his hen . ' Which is saying a good deal , for Pigeons can buffet smartly . Indeed , I well remember , when a child , being terribly scared one day by a Powting Pigeon . I had gone up into a hay - loft when the old cock ...
Page 271
... cock , a soft chuck- ling note , not unlike the Barbary Dove or Collared Tur- tle ; and also another still lower note , uttered by the cock in an interrogatory manner , and answered by the hen , nearly an octave lower still . They are ...
... cock , a soft chuck- ling note , not unlike the Barbary Dove or Collared Tur- tle ; and also another still lower note , uttered by the cock in an interrogatory manner , and answered by the hen , nearly an octave lower still . They are ...
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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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