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
... bred in confinement.- Captain Sturt's accounts . - Abstinence from water . - Aid in extremities . Ventriloquist Pigeon . - Geopelia tranquilla . Harlequin Bronze - wing . First discovery . - Food and habits .—— Their doings at Knowsley ...
... bred in confinement.- Captain Sturt's accounts . - Abstinence from water . - Aid in extremities . Ventriloquist Pigeon . - Geopelia tranquilla . Harlequin Bronze - wing . First discovery . - Food and habits .—— Their doings at Knowsley ...
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... bred with us for domestic uses , is , that the young of the latter have to be supplied with suit- able food as well as the parents , and on that supply very much depends the chance of successfully rearing CHAP . II . ] MANAGEMENT OF ...
... bred with us for domestic uses , is , that the young of the latter have to be supplied with suit- able food as well as the parents , and on that supply very much depends the chance of successfully rearing CHAP . II . ] MANAGEMENT OF ...
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... bred or otherwise , should never be destroyed . They will have rendered , if fairly fed , such substantial assistance to the pastry - cook in the course of their adult period ( the duration of which is not well defined ) , as to He ...
... bred or otherwise , should never be destroyed . They will have rendered , if fairly fed , such substantial assistance to the pastry - cook in the course of their adult period ( the duration of which is not well defined ) , as to He ...
Page 83
... bred they are pro- nounced to be . That kind is called kroppers , that is , large - throated Pigeons , with which name they also come to us , for they are sometimes brought even to Italy . Ornithologus records that he observed Pigeons ...
... bred they are pro- nounced to be . That kind is called kroppers , that is , large - throated Pigeons , with which name they also come to us , for they are sometimes brought even to Italy . Ornithologus records that he observed Pigeons ...
Page 88
... bred of male Fantail parentage . In cross - bred Pigeons , as far as my own observations have gone , the male influ- ence is nearly paramount . Similar facts have also oc- 66 curred in the much larger experience of the London Zoological ...
... bred of male Fantail parentage . In cross - bred Pigeons , as far as my own observations have gone , the male influ- ence is nearly paramount . Similar facts have also oc- 66 curred in the much larger experience of the London Zoological ...
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