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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... body , while we secured the head and wielded the fatal chopper ; the universal horror that the body should flap , and flutter , and palpitate for a while after the operation was com- plete ; the enigmatical illustration from English his ...
... body , while we secured the head and wielded the fatal chopper ; the universal horror that the body should flap , and flutter , and palpitate for a while after the operation was com- plete ; the enigmatical illustration from English his ...
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... body of their tribe , may have taken with them a few pigeons to be flown from time to time , and carry home news of the proceedings of the exploring party . During the last few years , the invention of the Electric Telegraph has done ...
... body of their tribe , may have taken with them a few pigeons to be flown from time to time , and carry home news of the proceedings of the exploring party . During the last few years , the invention of the Electric Telegraph has done ...
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... body of the bird by an aperture at that end of the quill which is fixed in the skin , through which aperture or umbilicus a portion of the pulp is extended . The whole of the pulp , within as well as without the quill , is the only part ...
... body of the bird by an aperture at that end of the quill which is fixed in the skin , through which aperture or umbilicus a portion of the pulp is extended . The whole of the pulp , within as well as without the quill , is the only part ...
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... body . For some months her milk supplies its principal nutri- ment ; all it has to do , is to keep pace with her wander- ings . The same feature is equally striking in Lambs and Kids . We have elsewhere noticed an analogous provision in ...
... body . For some months her milk supplies its principal nutri- ment ; all it has to do , is to keep pace with her wander- ings . The same feature is equally striking in Lambs and Kids . We have elsewhere noticed an analogous provision in ...
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... body as the female Turkey , but is shorter on the legs : the first peculiarity is , that both ends are of nearly the same size ; which form is peculiarly adapted to the position 66 F in which they are always placed , i . e.
... body as the female Turkey , but is shorter on the legs : the first peculiarity is , that both ends are of nearly the same size ; which form is peculiarly adapted to the position 66 F in which they are always placed , i . e.
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The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of ... Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2018 |
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