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
... birds and beasts of 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 ...
... birds and beasts of 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 ...
Page xiv
... birds.— Reconciliations and confidences . - Good - natured , not stupid.- Hardy and accommodating , but not ascetic . - Requisites for a Gullery . - Voracity of Gulls . - Black - headed Gull . - Its mode of nesting . Its eggs ...
... birds.— Reconciliations and confidences . - Good - natured , not stupid.- Hardy and accommodating , but not ascetic . - Requisites for a Gullery . - Voracity of Gulls . - Black - headed Gull . - Its mode of nesting . Its eggs ...
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Being Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and Other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their ... bird in the nest , probably from the loose manner in which it has been constructed , so that either a young bird or an ...
Being Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and Other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their ... bird in the nest , probably from the loose manner in which it has been constructed , so that either a young bird or an ...
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... birds , not to say a word about brilliant colours , are given not for any use , or to serve the performance of any function in the economy of the creatures , but solely for appearance sake , a fact of which they them- selves manifest a ...
... birds , not to say a word about brilliant colours , are given not for any use , or to serve the performance of any function in the economy of the creatures , but solely for appearance sake , a fact of which they them- selves manifest a ...
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... Birds appear to have been the sacri- fice of the poor , as cattle , sheep , and goats were of the wealthy . There can be little doubt that the Turtle- Doves were the Collared Turtles known to us ; being kept in cages , they and young ...
... Birds appear to have been the sacri- fice of the poor , as cattle , sheep , and goats were of the wealthy . There can be little doubt that the Turtle- Doves were the Collared Turtles known to us ; being kept in cages , they and young ...
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