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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... female might have been ; but in the existing wise arrangement there is no waste , either of time or energetic force ; the coupling of a single male with a single female proves to be an economical plan , instead of the reverse , as those ...
... female might have been ; but in the existing wise arrangement there is no waste , either of time or energetic force ; the coupling of a single male with a single female proves to be an economical plan , instead of the reverse , as those ...
Page 61
... female chick in so nearly an invariable manner , that any disproportion in the sexes , by which these aberrations from ordinary rules are caused , arises rather from disease or acci- dent , than from any chance result of the hatchings ...
... female chick in so nearly an invariable manner , that any disproportion in the sexes , by which these aberrations from ordinary rules are caused , arises rather from disease or acci- dent , than from any chance result of the hatchings ...
Page 357
... female Emeus that fall in their way . The same Sir T. Mitchell relates exultingly , " This day we had even better fortune than yesterday in our field sports , for , besides three Kan- garoos , we also killed two Emeus , one being a female ...
... female Emeus that fall in their way . The same Sir T. Mitchell relates exultingly , " This day we had even better fortune than yesterday in our field sports , for , besides three Kan- garoos , we also killed two Emeus , one being a female ...
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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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