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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... seems to have overspread the land in consequence of an innate force of reproductiveness with which it seems to have been purposely and providentially endowed for the sake of affording a suitable prey to the numerous fleshly ap- petites ...
... seems to have overspread the land in consequence of an innate force of reproductiveness with which it seems to have been purposely and providentially endowed for the sake of affording a suitable prey to the numerous fleshly ap- petites ...
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... seems to be greatly overrated ; and no doubt your readers will be surprised to learn that a locomotive railway engine can beat a Carrier Pigeon in a distance of 200 miles . " The flight of the Carrier - Pigeon is clearly not con- ducted ...
... seems to be greatly overrated ; and no doubt your readers will be surprised to learn that a locomotive railway engine can beat a Carrier Pigeon in a distance of 200 miles . " The flight of the Carrier - Pigeon is clearly not con- ducted ...
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... seems as if the lavish bounty of Providence chose at those periods to scatter , with open hand , an abundant supply of food throughout the expectant nations - a feast to the hungry . Who can tell how many shipwrecked mariners , escaped ...
... seems as if the lavish bounty of Providence chose at those periods to scatter , with open hand , an abundant supply of food throughout the expectant nations - a feast to the hungry . Who can tell how many shipwrecked mariners , escaped ...
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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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