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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... reared them . A curious change of habits has taken place in England in those Pigeons which I presented to the Earl of Derby in 1830 , that nobleman having assured me that ever since they began breeding in his aviaries , they have laid ...
... reared them . A curious change of habits has taken place in England in those Pigeons which I presented to the Earl of Derby in 1830 , that nobleman having assured me that ever since they began breeding in his aviaries , they have laid ...
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... reared a young one . A short time since , going into the place where they were , and looking up , I saw something CHAP . VI . ] A SINGLE YOUNG ONE REARED 212 [ CHAP . VI . THEIR BREEDING AT KNOWSLEY .
... reared a young one . A short time since , going into the place where they were , and looking up , I saw something CHAP . VI . ] A SINGLE YOUNG ONE REARED 212 [ CHAP . VI . THEIR BREEDING AT KNOWSLEY .
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... reared young . In my own Menagerie , where I have two pairs of these birds , both have made nests and laid , but only one pair has reared a young one , which is doing very well , and at present is quite equal in size to the parents ...
... reared young . In my own Menagerie , where I have two pairs of these birds , both have made nests and laid , but only one pair has reared a young one , which is doing very well , and at present is quite equal in size to the parents ...
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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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