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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... Knowsley . - Habits in captivity . — The Passenger Pigeon . — Disposition . — Escaped birds . -The Long - tailed Senegal Dove . — Their song . - Synonyms.— Aviary management · . 187 THE AVIARY . CHAPTER I. THE CRACIDE - CURASSOWS .
... Knowsley . - Habits in captivity . — The Passenger Pigeon . — Disposition . — Escaped birds . -The Long - tailed Senegal Dove . — Their song . - Synonyms.— Aviary management · . 187 THE AVIARY . CHAPTER I. THE CRACIDE - CURASSOWS .
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... CURASSOWS . Want of precise information . - Expected results from the Zoolo- gical Society . Its great advantages . - Disappointments . - Causes thereof . - Erroneous Assumptions . - The limited power of Man . -Domesticability of ...
... CURASSOWS . Want of precise information . - Expected results from the Zoolo- gical Society . Its great advantages . - Disappointments . - Causes thereof . - Erroneous Assumptions . - The limited power of Man . -Domesticability of ...
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... Curassows at home . - Tame , not domesticated . - Not common in S. America . - M . Ameshoff's festin d'Heliogabale . - Eggs . " THE Correso is a larger Fowl than the Quam ; the Cock is black , the Hen is of a dark brown . The Cock has a ...
... Curassows at home . - Tame , not domesticated . - Not common in S. America . - M . Ameshoff's festin d'Heliogabale . - Eggs . " THE Correso is a larger Fowl than the Quam ; the Cock is black , the Hen is of a dark brown . The Cock has a ...
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... curassows in their na- tive country , the degree to which they have been , not tamed , but truly and actually domesticated there , and the amount of success likely to be attained in increas- ing them as a serviceable stock of poultry in ...
... curassows in their na- tive country , the degree to which they have been , not tamed , but truly and actually domesticated there , and the amount of success likely to be attained in increas- ing them as a serviceable stock of poultry in ...
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... Curassows , and a throng of foreign Ducks and Geese , were to give variety to the poultry yard and luxurious plenty to the larder ; Al- pacas , Guanacos , and Vicunas were to come in as useful auxiliaries to the sheep farm , and an ...
... Curassows , and a throng of foreign Ducks and Geese , were to give variety to the poultry yard and luxurious plenty to the larder ; Al- pacas , Guanacos , and Vicunas were to come in as useful auxiliaries to the sheep farm , and an ...
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