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
... breeding . - Laying . - Incubation . Merits of the cock . -Nutrition and growth of the squabs . — Pairing of Pigeons.— Two hens will pair together . - Widowed Pigeons . - Young birds . Differences among the eggs and the very young ...
... breeding . - Laying . - Incubation . Merits of the cock . -Nutrition and growth of the squabs . — Pairing of Pigeons.— Two hens will pair together . - Widowed Pigeons . - Young birds . Differences among the eggs and the very young ...
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... breed . Unfortunate end CHAPTER VII . PAGE . 313 THE BITTERN . Its temper . Voice . - Nesting habits and haunts . - The Marram banks . The district which they skirt . - The Bittern , its home . -Money value . - Mr . Jecks's Bittern ...
... breed . Unfortunate end CHAPTER VII . PAGE . 313 THE BITTERN . Its temper . Voice . - Nesting habits and haunts . - The Marram banks . The district which they skirt . - The Bittern , its home . -Money value . - Mr . Jecks's Bittern ...
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... breeding in his aviaries , they have laid only one egg . " - Audubon's Orn . Biog . vol . v . p . 552. A similar de- creased number of eggs and young is frequently produced by other birds in captivity , as , for instance , sometimes in ...
... breeding in his aviaries , they have laid only one egg . " - Audubon's Orn . Biog . vol . v . p . 552. A similar de- creased number of eggs and young is frequently produced by other birds in captivity , as , for instance , sometimes in ...
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... breeds so freely whilst in captivity to man . 99 Another notice occurs in Isaiah lx . 8 : - " Who are these that fly as a cloud , and as the doves to their windows ? " The passage establishes the domestication of the Rock Pigeon at that ...
... breeds so freely whilst in captivity to man . 99 Another notice occurs in Isaiah lx . 8 : - " Who are these that fly as a cloud , and as the doves to their windows ? " The passage establishes the domestication of the Rock Pigeon at that ...
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... breeds , and not advisable to couple together . Pliny tells us that the latter were the largest of Pigeons , Runts , in fact ; we may therefore suppose that the taste of the Alexandrian fanciers was more in favour of the smaller kinds ...
... breeds , and not advisable to couple together . Pliny tells us that the latter were the largest of Pigeons , Runts , in fact ; we may therefore suppose that the taste of the Alexandrian fanciers was more in favour of the smaller kinds ...
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