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 118
... short confinement . The young Tumbler , as soon as it has gained sufficient strength of wing , finds out by some ... short , the Treatise sums up all with an enthusiasm which distances criticism and overwhelms cavil . " The Almond ...
... short confinement . The young Tumbler , as soon as it has gained sufficient strength of wing , finds out by some ... short , the Treatise sums up all with an enthusiasm which distances criticism and overwhelms cavil . " The Almond ...
Page 133
... short stages ; and even should the bird know the road , it cannot travel in foggy weather . 66 Among these animals , as among men , some are more easily taught than others , and the fanciers distinguish the best birds by the height and ...
... short stages ; and even should the bird know the road , it cannot travel in foggy weather . 66 Among these animals , as among men , some are more easily taught than others , and the fanciers distinguish the best birds by the height and ...
Page 405
... short : never mind ; rats , mice , frogs , dead sparrows , snails , worms , and beetles will do . Ani- mal food is scarce for a time . Well , " he says , " I will not be above the other fowls ; I will take my bread , and a bit of cheese ...
... short : never mind ; rats , mice , frogs , dead sparrows , snails , worms , and beetles will do . Ani- mal food is scarce for a time . Well , " he says , " I will not be above the other fowls ; I will take my bread , and a bit of cheese ...
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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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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