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 178
... once flew out through an open window ; but I succeeded in bringing him back from an open garden , by calling him repeatedly , until he recognised my voice . The little creature seemed frightened , and was greatly delighted to find ...
... once flew out through an open window ; but I succeeded in bringing him back from an open garden , by calling him repeatedly , until he recognised my voice . The little creature seemed frightened , and was greatly delighted to find ...
Page 205
... once with a gun to shoot it , without success . At last , as Mr. Hume and I were one day sitting under a tree on the Bogan Creek , between the Mac- quarie and the Darling , we heard the note , and I sent my man Frazer to try once more ...
... once with a gun to shoot it , without success . At last , as Mr. Hume and I were one day sitting under a tree on the Bogan Creek , between the Mac- quarie and the Darling , we heard the note , and I sent my man Frazer to try once more ...
Page 322
... once saw him kill a rat . The rat was busy stealing a portion of the food laid down for the Heron , when he raised his head and wings , and in- flicted a single blow of his bill on the head of the depredator , who gave a shiver , and ...
... once saw him kill a rat . The rat was busy stealing a portion of the food laid down for the Heron , when he raised his head and wings , and in- flicted a single blow of his bill on the head of the depredator , who gave a shiver , and ...
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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