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 72
... domestic , to those that are utterly wild ; and then will arise the question , What is the origin of the domestic races ? respecting which , we are anxious to exhibit neither a timid silence nor a presumptuous decision . There can be no ...
... domestic , to those that are utterly wild ; and then will arise the question , What is the origin of the domestic races ? respecting which , we are anxious to exhibit neither a timid silence nor a presumptuous decision . There can be no ...
Page 454
... DOMESTIC PIGEONS , 86 . DOMESTIC AND WILD PIGEONS , 150 . DOMESTICATION of Pigeons - its an- tiquity , 1 ; sorts incapable of , 187 . DOVE , characteristics of the , 1 ; Blue Rock , 10 ; of Mahomet , 23 ; ode to a , 20 ; presented to ...
... DOMESTIC PIGEONS , 86 . DOMESTIC AND WILD PIGEONS , 150 . DOMESTICATION of Pigeons - its an- tiquity , 1 ; sorts incapable of , 187 . DOVE , characteristics of the , 1 ; Blue Rock , 10 ; of Mahomet , 23 ; ode to a , 20 ; presented to ...
Page 457
... domestic Pi- geons , 92 ; termed Pigeons Mon- dains , 92 ; their weight , 93 ; their an- tiquity , 94 ; why called Russia - Pi- geons , 94 ; the Campania Pigeons of Pliny , 94 ; peculiarities of , 96 ; ex- cellence for the table , 96 ...
... domestic Pi- geons , 92 ; termed Pigeons Mon- dains , 92 ; their weight , 93 ; their an- tiquity , 94 ; why called Russia - Pi- geons , 94 ; the Campania Pigeons of Pliny , 94 ; peculiarities of , 96 ; ex- cellence for the table , 96 ...
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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