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 |
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“ Of the class Sylviad¿ , those which I had were for the most part brought up by my children from the nest , so that we had opportunities for watching their natural propensities , untaught by the parent birds .
“ Of the class Sylviad¿ , those which I had were for the most part brought up by my children from the nest , so that we had opportunities for watching their natural propensities , untaught by the parent birds .
Page 307
Their dejections are highly offensive , and are voided from them with considerable force ; and this it is which gives to their nest the horrid and disgusting odour of which naturalists justly complain . If you have never brought up ...
Their dejections are highly offensive , and are voided from them with considerable force ; and this it is which gives to their nest the horrid and disgusting odour of which naturalists justly complain . If you have never brought up ...
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By some strong wind or other accident the nest and eggs were swept into the loch . ' The hen then laid three other eggs , in a shrubbery border , in a rough nest of sticks which they had collected . It was very near a door which opened ...
By some strong wind or other accident the nest and eggs were swept into the loch . ' The hen then laid three other eggs , in a shrubbery border , in a rough nest of sticks which they had collected . It was very near a door which opened ...
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