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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... LESS PROLIFIC . [ CHAP . L. the Partridge , the Turkey , the Guinea - fowl , and even the Hen , notwithstanding the multitudinous broods they lead forth , are not nearly so abundant , the closest approach to them among gallinaceous ...
... LESS PROLIFIC . [ CHAP . L. the Partridge , the Turkey , the Guinea - fowl , and even the Hen , notwithstanding the multitudinous broods they lead forth , are not nearly so abundant , the closest approach to them among gallinaceous ...
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... less is generally known respecting Guans , as far as their propagation under human sway is con- cerned than about ... less gentle and peaceable than the Curassows , have less frequently been made the subject of experiment . Al- though ...
... less is generally known respecting Guans , as far as their propagation under human sway is con- cerned than about ... less gentle and peaceable than the Curassows , have less frequently been made the subject of experiment . Al- though ...
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... less exaggerated , less ridiculous to the vulgar eye than it is , the united work- ing together of all to one end , viz . the sustenance of the bird , would to that degree have failed . When a Heron or a Stork alights upon a marsh ...
... less exaggerated , less ridiculous to the vulgar eye than it is , the united work- ing together of all to one end , viz . the sustenance of the bird , would to that degree have failed . When a Heron or a Stork alights upon a marsh ...
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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