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 67
... suppose a bill ought to be . In new - hatched squeakers it measures a considerable part of the creature's whole length ; a frightfully ugly appendage in the eyes of whoever forgets to observe the exact fitness with which it is adapted ...
... suppose a bill ought to be . In new - hatched squeakers it measures a considerable part of the creature's whole length ; a frightfully ugly appendage in the eyes of whoever forgets to observe the exact fitness with which it is adapted ...
Page 68
... suppose any of these peculiarities of im- perfect organization to be changed or reversed , -that the mouth of the Foal was twice as convenient as it is for draining the udder of its dam , but that its legs were only half as capable of ...
... suppose any of these peculiarities of im- perfect organization to be changed or reversed , -that the mouth of the Foal was twice as convenient as it is for draining the udder of its dam , but that its legs were only half as capable of ...
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... suppose them to be laid by different species of birds . When the first laying of four eggs is taken from a nest , the birds soon lay again ; but the second laying is marked with much fainter colours , and sometimes is without any ...
... suppose them to be laid by different species of birds . When the first laying of four eggs is taken from a nest , the birds soon lay again ; but the second laying is marked with much fainter colours , and sometimes is without any ...
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