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Native haunts . — Disposition . -How far domestic . - Escapades . - Food . - Pairing . – Nesting and incubation.- Education of the young .-- Severe discipline.Watchfulness . — Voices.- Interesting pets . — Plumage and varieties .
Native haunts . — Disposition . -How far domestic . - Escapades . - Food . - Pairing . – Nesting and incubation.- Education of the young .-- Severe discipline.Watchfulness . — Voices.- Interesting pets . — Plumage and varieties .
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Pile rocks on rocks , bid woods and mountains rise , Eclipse her native shades , her native skies' Tis vain ! through Ether's pathless wilds she goes , And lights at last where all her cares repose . “ Sweet bird ! thy truth shall ...
Pile rocks on rocks , bid woods and mountains rise , Eclipse her native shades , her native skies' Tis vain ! through Ether's pathless wilds she goes , And lights at last where all her cares repose . “ Sweet bird ! thy truth shall ...
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This is a fashionable and an easy way of solving a difficulty ; but it ought first to be proved , that the Cracid¿ are , even in their native country , really domesticated at all . Mr. Swainson , instead of finding such plenty of ...
This is a fashionable and an easy way of solving a difficulty ; but it ought first to be proved , that the Cracid¿ are , even in their native country , really domesticated at all . Mr. Swainson , instead of finding such plenty of ...
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| Pealkiri | 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 Management |
| Autor | Edmund Saul Dixon |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1851 |
| Original from | California Ülikool |
| Digitized | 30 nov. 2007 |
| Length | 458 pages |
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