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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... distances in search of subsistence , and to fulfil the grand law , “ in- crease and multiply . " This alone would be wonderful ; but to the innate energies implanted for useful and necessary ends , we find superadded a further quality ...
... distances in search of subsistence , and to fulfil the grand law , “ in- crease and multiply . " This alone would be wonderful ; but to the innate energies implanted for useful and necessary ends , we find superadded a further quality ...
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... distance from the main 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 ...
... distance from the main 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 ...
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... distance from home , as the most certain means of conveying intelli- gence back ; and that , in the sixth century before Christ , Anacreon wrote the Ode which has been so beautifully translated by Thomas Moore : - " Tell me , why , my ...
... distance from home , as the most certain means of conveying intelli- gence back ; and that , in the sixth century before Christ , Anacreon wrote the Ode which has been so beautifully translated by Thomas Moore : - " Tell me , why , my ...
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... distance , making a blind , by a board nailed against the front on each side of every partition , which will make two nests in the extent of every three feet ; and the Pigeons will not be liable to be disturbed , as they will then sit ...
... distance , making a blind , by a board nailed against the front on each side of every partition , which will make two nests in the extent of every three feet ; and the Pigeons will not be liable to be disturbed , as they will then sit ...
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... distances for the pur- pose of courtship , and pay each other little kind atten- tions , such as nestling close , and mutually tickling the heads one of another . At last comes what is called " billing , " which is , in fact , a kiss ...
... distances for the pur- pose of courtship , and pay each other little kind atten- tions , such as nestling close , and mutually tickling the heads one of another . At last comes what is called " billing , " which is , in fact , a kiss ...
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