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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... Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and Other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their Management Edmund Saul Dixon. THE NOW PUBLIC LIPADAY ASTOR . LENDA +7 JACKSON Archangel . Tumbler . Carrier . Porter .
... Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and Other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their Management Edmund Saul Dixon. THE NOW PUBLIC LIPADAY ASTOR . LENDA +7 JACKSON Archangel . Tumbler . Carrier . Porter .
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... Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their Management Edmund Saul Dixon. JACKSON Archangel . Tumbler . Carrier . Porter . COVECOT % ATIART London : Archana 1 . Tunhier . GROUP OF DOMESTIC PIGEONS . P OF DOM TI PIGEONS .
... Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their Management Edmund Saul Dixon. JACKSON Archangel . Tumbler . Carrier . Porter . COVECOT % ATIART London : Archana 1 . Tunhier . GROUP OF DOMESTIC PIGEONS . P OF DOM TI PIGEONS .
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... Carriers in Turkey . Sir John Ross's birds . — Explanation . — Antwerp Carriers . De Beranger . - English Carriers . - Oriental origin.— Lace and Frizzled Pigeons . - Eggs and young of the Columbida . -Quarrels and attachments ...
... Carriers in Turkey . Sir John Ross's birds . — Explanation . — Antwerp Carriers . De Beranger . - English Carriers . - Oriental origin.— Lace and Frizzled Pigeons . - Eggs and young of the Columbida . -Quarrels and attachments ...
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... Carrier was employed there extensively before the in- troduction of the electric telegraph , and I presume that all have been introduced a long time , probably by the earliest colonists , for no one ever thought them novel . We once had ...
... Carrier was employed there extensively before the in- troduction of the electric telegraph , and I presume that all have been introduced a long time , probably by the earliest colonists , for no one ever thought them novel . We once had ...
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... carriers . To save trouble to future archæological poultry fan- ciers , we will quote a few words from Sir J. G. Wilkin- son : " It is remarkable that the camel , though known to have been used in , and probably a native of Egypt , as ...
... carriers . To save trouble to future archæological poultry fan- ciers , we will quote a few words from Sir J. G. Wilkin- son : " It is remarkable that the camel , though known to have been used in , and probably a native of Egypt , as ...
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