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 vii
... Pigeons differently constituted to other domestic birds . - Interest attached to them . - Pets of childhood ... Pigeons . -Domestic Pigeons long established in America . - Not found among the Egyptian monuments . — Ancient pigeon ...
... Pigeons differently constituted to other domestic birds . - Interest attached to them . - Pets of childhood ... Pigeons . -Domestic Pigeons long established in America . - Not found among the Egyptian monuments . — Ancient pigeon ...
Page viii
... PIGEONS . FANTAILS ; their powers . - Effects of crossing . - Accident to one . - Pigeon Paon . - The lean poet of Cos . - Runts . - Pigeon mon- dains . Comparison of eggs and weights . - Synonyms of Runts . -Runts at sea . - Rodney's ...
... PIGEONS . FANTAILS ; their powers . - Effects of crossing . - Accident to one . - Pigeon Paon . - The lean poet of Cos . - Runts . - Pigeon mon- dains . Comparison of eggs and weights . - Synonyms of Runts . -Runts at sea . - Rodney's ...
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... Pigeons in Sutherland.— Differ in habits from Fancy Pigeons .-- Characteristic plumage.— Productiveness . - Quality of flesh . - Dovehouse Pigeon . — Indian Rock Pigeon . Mr. Blyth's account . - Columba affinis . - Question of ...
... Pigeons in Sutherland.— Differ in habits from Fancy Pigeons .-- Characteristic plumage.— Productiveness . - Quality of flesh . - Dovehouse Pigeon . — Indian Rock Pigeon . Mr. Blyth's account . - Columba affinis . - Question of ...
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... Pigeons differently constituted to other domestic birds . - Interest attached to them . - Pets of childhood ... pigeons.- Domestic pigeons long established in America . - Not found among the Egyptian monuments . - Ancient pigeon ...
... Pigeons differently constituted to other domestic birds . - Interest attached to them . - Pets of childhood ... pigeons.- Domestic pigeons long established in America . - Not found among the Egyptian monuments . - Ancient pigeon ...
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... Pigeons , forgets in after days the pleasing anxieties of which they were the source - the occupation for spare half - hours which they never failed CHAP . I. BOY PIGEON - KEEPERS . to afford 2 [ CHAP . I. HABITS OF PIGEONS .
... Pigeons , forgets in after days the pleasing anxieties of which they were the source - the occupation for spare half - hours which they never failed CHAP . I. BOY PIGEON - KEEPERS . to afford 2 [ CHAP . I. HABITS OF PIGEONS .
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