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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... continue to be . Nor even in old age need our interest in the novelties of existence flag , if we have but duties and proper pursuits in this world , and a religious hope for the next . But Pigeons are useful , not as mere pets for ...
... continue to be . Nor even in old age need our interest in the novelties of existence flag , if we have but duties and proper pursuits in this world , and a religious hope for the next . But Pigeons are useful , not as mere pets for ...
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... continue fertile , much longer than is generally ima- gined . Many young pairs of Pigeons are condemned because their owners do not exercise sufficient patience with them ; and from their peculiar habit of settling in a fixed home , to ...
... continue fertile , much longer than is generally ima- gined . Many young pairs of Pigeons are condemned because their owners do not exercise sufficient patience with them ; and from their peculiar habit of settling in a fixed home , to ...
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... continue their journey to some distant field ; for the Blue Rock Dove is not always " contented with the food given it at home , " but will , if so minded , stray far and wide in search of provender . Powters and Fan- tails may be ...
... continue their journey to some distant field ; for the Blue Rock Dove is not always " contented with the food given it at home , " but will , if so minded , stray far and wide in search of provender . Powters and Fan- tails may be ...
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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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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