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 117
... whole colour . " We wish it had been recorded at what epoch of a Tumbler's life the sun of its tricolorism begins to set . But what has caused the great wonderment about Al- mond Tumblers , is their form ; the whole thing , how- ever ...
... whole colour . " We wish it had been recorded at what epoch of a Tumbler's life the sun of its tricolorism begins to set . But what has caused the great wonderment about Al- mond Tumblers , is their form ; the whole thing , how- ever ...
Page 307
... whole body , while during the feasting they set up a peculiar burring sound , in which the whole nest joins , forming a not unmusical chorus . " I have had as many as seven young birds in one nest , all of which I have brought up and ...
... whole body , while during the feasting they set up a peculiar burring sound , in which the whole nest joins , forming a not unmusical chorus . " I have had as many as seven young birds in one nest , all of which I have brought up and ...
Page 364
... whole animal kingdom . Both the Maori ( New Zealand ) tradition of the destruction of the " Moa " ( or Dinornis ) by their ancestors , and the history of the extirpation of the Dodo by the Dutch navigators in the isles of Maurice and ...
... whole animal kingdom . Both the Maori ( New Zealand ) tradition of the destruction of the " Moa " ( or Dinornis ) by their ancestors , and the history of the extirpation of the Dodo by the Dutch navigators in the isles of Maurice and ...
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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