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 154
... never been flown , but were kept constantly in confinement . When the Blue Rocks were about two months old , it was hoped that the other birds had become sufficiently attached to their home to be allowed to take a little outdoor exer ...
... never been flown , but were kept constantly in confinement . When the Blue Rocks were about two months old , it was hoped that the other birds had become sufficiently attached to their home to be allowed to take a little outdoor exer ...
Page 182
... never passed over in silence . " With us , the sound of a piano in an adjoining room , or the tramp of footsteps in a passage close by , excites the never - forgotten coo . Of all sleepers the Collared Turtle is one of the lightest ...
... never passed over in silence . " With us , the sound of a piano in an adjoining room , or the tramp of footsteps in a passage close by , excites the never - forgotten coo . Of all sleepers the Collared Turtle is one of the lightest ...
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... never brought up young Kingfishers , you would be astonished how large fish they are capable of swallowing . In feeding them I have often given them a bleak or a dace as long as their entire body , in- cluding beak and tail ; and , in ...
... never brought up young Kingfishers , you would be astonished how large fish they are capable of swallowing . In feeding them I have often given them a bleak or a dace as long as their entire body , in- cluding beak and tail ; and , in ...
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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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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