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 93
... Pair - Owl Cock , mated with Turbit Hen 1 7 Pair of Collared Turtles 0 13 Another pair of Leghorn Runts 3 7 66 The contrast of weight is remarkable : but the.
... Pair - Owl Cock , mated with Turbit Hen 1 7 Pair of Collared Turtles 0 13 Another pair of Leghorn Runts 3 7 66 The contrast of weight is remarkable : but the.
Page 214
... pair have , as I am told by Mr. Mitchell , bred this last season three different times , and , as I think , they have reared young . In my own Menagerie , where I have two pairs of these birds , both have made nests and laid , but only one ...
... pair have , as I am told by Mr. Mitchell , bred this last season three different times , and , as I think , they have reared young . In my own Menagerie , where I have two pairs of these birds , both have made nests and laid , but only one ...
Page 266
... pair , is a good deal , but yet not unreasonable , when we know what is given every day for Malay articles . Are Jamrach's full - grown birds , and do they make a very unearthly noise ? I do not want a couple of mere pets , but ...
... pair , is a good deal , but yet not unreasonable , when we know what is given every day for Malay articles . Are Jamrach's full - grown birds , and do they make a very unearthly noise ? I do not want a couple of mere pets , but ...
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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