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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... remarkable . A man ' is still called ' A'dam ' in Turkish . " t 6 The learned Bochart correctly remarks , that the Holy Scriptures rarely mention the clean birds , with the sole exception of Doves and Pigeons , respecting which more ...
... remarkable . A man ' is still called ' A'dam ' in Turkish . " t 6 The learned Bochart correctly remarks , that the Holy Scriptures rarely mention the clean birds , with the sole exception of Doves and Pigeons , respecting which more ...
Page 214
... remarkable fact is the habit which some captive Pigeons fall into of laying only one egg , instead of their usual number , two . " This season ( Feb. 19 , 1850 ) only one egg has been laid by the Ocyphaps , and that some days since ; so ...
... remarkable fact is the habit which some captive Pigeons fall into of laying only one egg , instead of their usual number , two . " This season ( Feb. 19 , 1850 ) only one egg has been laid by the Ocyphaps , and that some days since ; so ...
Page 379
... remarkable and unlooked - for illustration , for an account of which the reader is re- ferred to the Gardener's Chronicle of September 29 , and to the Athenæum of October 6 , 1849. As to the Quails , there have been various ...
... remarkable and unlooked - for illustration , for an account of which the reader is re- ferred to the Gardener's Chronicle of September 29 , and to the Athenæum of October 6 , 1849. As to the Quails , there have been various ...
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