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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... 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 child- hood and diversions for men , but as ...
... 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 child- hood and diversions for men , but as ...
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... interest while his companion lay disabled on the floor of the cage , than would have been exhibited by most polygamous birds , and these little marks of at- tention were continued till her recovery by the uniting of the fractured bone ...
... interest while his companion lay disabled on the floor of the cage , than would have been exhibited by most polygamous birds , and these little marks of at- tention were continued till her recovery by the uniting of the fractured bone ...
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... interest in a Gullery is to watch the pro- gressive changes of the plumage , year by year , as the young newly - introduced birds advance towards matu- rity . These sea - faring urchins , on their return from their cruise after herring ...
... interest in a Gullery is to watch the pro- gressive changes of the plumage , year by year , as the young newly - introduced birds advance towards matu- rity . These sea - faring urchins , on their return from their cruise after herring ...
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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