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 61
... male birds at least has been somewhat exaggerated ; for they were seen in the fact of yielding to the blandishments of the independent spinsters . But the two eggs of the Pigeon produce one male and one female chick in so nearly an ...
... male birds at least has been somewhat exaggerated ; for they were seen in the fact of yielding to the blandishments of the independent spinsters . But the two eggs of the Pigeon produce one male and one female chick in so nearly an ...
Page 88
... male , and the half - bred of male Fantail parentage . In cross - bred Pigeons , as far as my own observations have gone , the male influ- ence is nearly paramount . Similar facts have also oc- curred in the much larger experience of ...
... male , and the half - bred of male Fantail parentage . In cross - bred Pigeons , as far as my own observations have gone , the male influ- ence is nearly paramount . Similar facts have also oc- curred in the much larger experience of ...
Page 385
... male , " says Temminck , " abandons the female for ever , as soon as she begins to sit , taking no interest in the brood ; we may , therefore , without injury to the young family , decoy and snare the males in the last days of July and ...
... male , " says Temminck , " abandons the female for ever , as soon as she begins to sit , taking no interest in the brood ; we may , therefore , without injury to the young family , decoy and snare the males in the last days of July and ...
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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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