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 10
... probably from some obscure rumour of this event , has generally been the emblem of peace ; but , what is curious , we hear that in countries where scarcely the remotest tradition can have penetrated , a like token is similarly ...
... probably from some obscure rumour of this event , has generally been the emblem of peace ; but , what is curious , we hear that in countries where scarcely the remotest tradition can have penetrated , a like token is similarly ...
Page 44
... probably pass through the vestibule B when they first bring in straws for a nest , and deposit them in one of the chambers , as c : when the young are a fortnight or three weeks old , the hen will probably leave them mostly to the care ...
... probably pass through the vestibule B when they first bring in straws for a nest , and deposit them in one of the chambers , as c : when the young are a fortnight or three weeks old , the hen will probably leave them mostly to the care ...
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... probably wandering un- shot somewhere between Cringleford Hall and the moon . If any sportsman in these realms is unfortunate enough to bring down a female Passenger Pigeon , I beg to in- form him that she is no addition to the British ...
... probably wandering un- shot somewhere between Cringleford Hall and the moon . If any sportsman in these realms is unfortunate enough to bring down a female Passenger Pigeon , I beg to in- form him that she is no addition to the British ...
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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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