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 ix
... Australia . - Mr . Gould's account . - Crested Australian Pigeons . Their breeding at Knowsley . - Habits in captivity . — The Passenger Pigeon . — Disposition . — Escaped birds . -The Long - tailed Senegal Dove . — Their song ...
... Australia . - Mr . Gould's account . - Crested Australian Pigeons . Their breeding at Knowsley . - Habits in captivity . — The Passenger Pigeon . — Disposition . — Escaped birds . -The Long - tailed Senegal Dove . — Their song ...
Page xi
... pugnacity . - Destructiveness of a Heron . Unsociability of Kingfishers . - Management in a cap- tive state . African Kinghunters . - Australian Kingfishers.— The Laughing Jackasses 2 , 297 CHAPTER VI . THE GRALLATORES , OR WADERS , IN.
... pugnacity . - Destructiveness of a Heron . Unsociability of Kingfishers . - Management in a cap- tive state . African Kinghunters . - Australian Kingfishers.— The Laughing Jackasses 2 , 297 CHAPTER VI . THE GRALLATORES , OR WADERS , IN.
Page xii
... Australia . - Anticipated extinc- tion of the Emeu . - Operating causes . - Self - denial of the abori- gines . - Duty of the present Australians to preserve the Emeu . CONTENTS . xiii -Ease with which it may be stalked xii CONTENTS .
... Australia . - Anticipated extinc- tion of the Emeu . - Operating causes . - Self - denial of the abori- gines . - Duty of the present Australians to preserve the Emeu . CONTENTS . xiii -Ease with which it may be stalked xii CONTENTS .
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... Australian shrubs bears a faint resemblance to that peculiar to the olive , both in its sombre hue , and the little shade it affords . And Cap- tain Sturt , when exploring the course of the Murray River , found that tribes of natives ...
... Australian shrubs bears a faint resemblance to that peculiar to the olive , both in its sombre hue , and the little shade it affords . And Cap- tain Sturt , when exploring the course of the Murray River , found that tribes of natives ...
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... Australia ; and in some districts , particularly in Norfolk Island , have taken to the rocks , and quite assumed the habits of the wild Rock Dove of our own island . In India , exactly the same half - wild disposition is similarly ...
... Australia ; and in some districts , particularly in Norfolk Island , have taken to the rocks , and quite assumed the habits of the wild Rock Dove of our own island . In India , exactly the same half - wild disposition is similarly ...
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ancient animals appear Archangel Pigeons Australian aviary beak beautiful better bill Bittern Blue Rock bred breed Bronze-wing cage called captivity Carrier Pigeons CHAP chick cock Collared Turtle colour Columba Columbida common creatures Crested Curassows domestic Pigeons domesticable Dovecotes Dovehouse Pigeons Doves eggs Emeu England fanciers Fancy Pigeons Fantail Fcap feathers feed feet female fish flesh flight fowls Gardens ground Guans Gulls habits hatched head History Knowsley LADY live livia Lord male mate native natural naturalists neck nest never observed pair parents Passenger Pigeon Pigeon-house plumage Portrait Post 8vo poultry Quail race reared remarkable Rock Dove Rock Pigeon Runts season Second Edition seen shot soon sort species specimens Stork tail Temminck Third Edition tion Treatise Tumblers Turbit Turkey Vols Water Hen wild wings Woodcuts young birds young Pigeons Zoological