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 77
... matter of course . 66 The Temminck's aversion to the task of disentangling do- mesticated species , led him to lean in these matters far too much on the guidance of such men as Buffon , Oli- vier de Serres , and Parmentier . The first ...
... matter of course . 66 The Temminck's aversion to the task of disentangling do- mesticated species , led him to lean in these matters far too much on the guidance of such men as Buffon , Oli- vier de Serres , and Parmentier . The first ...
Page 360
... matter whether from the proceeds of the Burra Burra copper - mines , or from the Murrumbidgee golden fleeces , if the fortune be but honestly come by -who will imitate the magnificent deer - parks of the great Scotch proprietors , and ...
... matter whether from the proceeds of the Burra Burra copper - mines , or from the Murrumbidgee golden fleeces , if the fortune be but honestly come by -who will imitate the magnificent deer - parks of the great Scotch proprietors , and ...
Page 409
... matter , secreted in the ovaries of the bird , had been exhausted by the unusual drain upon its powers . These Gulls return year after year to the same breeding - places ; and , by the annual supply of eggs which they furnish , may ...
... matter , secreted in the ovaries of the bird , had been exhausted by the unusual drain upon its powers . These Gulls return year after year to the same breeding - places ; and , by the annual supply of eggs which they furnish , may ...
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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