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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Being Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and Other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their ... Natural perfume . - Voice . - First historial notice . - Erroneous nomen- clature . - Obstinate pugnacity . - A ...
Being Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and Other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their ... Natural perfume . - Voice . - First historial notice . - Erroneous nomen- clature . - Obstinate pugnacity . - A ...
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... natural instinct of plunging after its prey , till it has attained its full strength . We have good reason to believe that the very efficient Secretary of the Zoological Society ( to whose judicious exertions both the Society itself and ...
... natural instinct of plunging after its prey , till it has attained its full strength . We have good reason to believe that the very efficient Secretary of the Zoological Society ( to whose judicious exertions both the Society itself and ...
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... Natural History have still an opportunity of protecting and preserving here a race of beings which , but for them , may soon pass into the catalogue of the extinct . In March , 1850 , the Earl of Derby having three supernumerary males ...
... Natural History have still an opportunity of protecting and preserving here a race of beings which , but for them , may soon pass into the catalogue of the extinct . In March , 1850 , the Earl of Derby having three supernumerary males ...
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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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