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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... sort , and exceedingly pretty birds they are , are what Buffon styles coquille hollandais , or Dutch shell Pigeons , " because they have , at the back of their head , reversed feathers , which form a sort of shell . They are also of ...
... sort , and exceedingly pretty birds they are , are what Buffon styles coquille hollandais , or Dutch shell Pigeons , " because they have , at the back of their head , reversed feathers , which form a sort of shell . They are also of ...
Page 104
... sort ) , the expense of keeping either being equal in every respect , the difference arising only in the pur- chase of one pair . Should any objection be made to the expence of the first purchase of the better sort , I answer it is ...
... sort ) , the expense of keeping either being equal in every respect , the difference arising only in the pur- chase of one pair . Should any objection be made to the expence of the first purchase of the better sort , I answer it is ...
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... sort of fish diet would pro- bably suit them . " It is but natural to suppose that this great group of birds has been created for some especial purpose , and may we not infer that they have been placed in the Southern Ocean to prevent ...
... sort of fish diet would pro- bably suit them . " It is but natural to suppose that this great group of birds has been created for some especial purpose , and may we not infer that they have been placed in the Southern Ocean to prevent ...
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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