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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... allowed to follow their natural instinct of ranging far and wide to obtain their subsistence ; independence and industry are the qualities that constitute their value as live stock . Hence they would deserve far more consideration from ...
... allowed to follow their natural instinct of ranging far and wide to obtain their subsistence ; independence and industry are the qualities that constitute their value as live stock . Hence they would deserve far more consideration from ...
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... allowed to pass current in a university prize essay : - " Palumbum recentem ut prensus erit , ei fabam coc- tam tostam primum dato ; ex ore in ejus os inflato item * Columella , viii . 9 , our own translation . CHAP . I. ] THE DOVES OF ...
... allowed to pass current in a university prize essay : - " Palumbum recentem ut prensus erit , ei fabam coc- tam tostam primum dato ; ex ore in ejus os inflato item * Columella , viii . 9 , our own translation . CHAP . I. ] THE DOVES OF ...
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... allowed free egress . The old precept teaches how to prevent that misfortune . A sort of Hawk is called by the country people tinunculus : the young of this bird are shut up in earthen vessels , one in each , and closed in alive ; the ...
... allowed free egress . The old precept teaches how to prevent that misfortune . A sort of Hawk is called by the country people tinunculus : the young of this bird are shut up in earthen vessels , one in each , and closed in alive ; the ...
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... allowed almost entire liberty , it is not necessary to furnish a loft with hoppers or meat boxes ( of which there are several patterns to be had ) ; still it may be as well to feed them occasionally , i . e . , four or five times a week ...
... allowed almost entire liberty , it is not necessary to furnish a loft with hoppers or meat boxes ( of which there are several patterns to be had ) ; still it may be as well to feed them occasionally , i . e . , four or five times a week ...
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... allowed any de- gree of liberty in the open air , is to procure , by order- ing them beforehand , several pairs of the young birds of the sorts required , as soon as they are able to peck for themselves , i . e . , at about five weeks ...
... allowed any de- gree of liberty in the open air , is to procure , by order- ing them beforehand , several pairs of the young birds of the sorts required , as soon as they are able to peck for themselves , i . e . , at about five weeks ...
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