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 236
... eggs , and sat upon them steadily , but the eggs had not , probably , received the influence of the male , as no chicks were produced . This is the only instance at the Zoological Gardens of a female incubating . They drop their eggs ...
... eggs , and sat upon them steadily , but the eggs had not , probably , received the influence of the male , as no chicks were produced . This is the only instance at the Zoological Gardens of a female incubating . They drop their eggs ...
Page 323
... eggs , I am not sure which . By some strong wind or other accident the nest and eggs were swept into the loch . The hen then laid three other eggs , in a shrubbery border , in a rough nest of sticks which they had collected . It was ...
... eggs , I am not sure which . By some strong wind or other accident the nest and eggs were swept into the loch . The hen then laid three other eggs , in a shrubbery border , in a rough nest of sticks which they had collected . It was ...
Page 409
... EGGS . 409 not take any , as they were then useless for food , accord- ing to English , though not to Icelandic ... eggs are mostly covered with dark irregular blotches , on a brown , or olive , or sea - green ground ; and it is curious ...
... EGGS . 409 not take any , as they were then useless for food , accord- ing to English , though not to Icelandic ... eggs are mostly covered with dark irregular blotches , on a brown , or olive , or sea - green ground ; and it is curious ...
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