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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... Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their Management Edmund Saul Dixon. JACKSON Archangel . Tumbler . Carrier . Porter . COVECOT % ATIART London : Archana 1 . Tunhier . GROUP OF DOMESTIC PIGEONS . P OF DOM TI PIGEONS .
... Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their Management Edmund Saul Dixon. JACKSON Archangel . Tumbler . Carrier . Porter . COVECOT % ATIART London : Archana 1 . Tunhier . GROUP OF DOMESTIC PIGEONS . P OF DOM TI PIGEONS .
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... DOMESTIC BIRDS IN A CAPTIVE STATE , WITH HINTS FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT . nund BY REV . ES DIXON , M.A. , 66 AUTHOR OF ORNAMENTAL AND DOMESTIC POULTRY . ' WITH NUMEROUS WOODCUTS . ASTOR LIBRARY DON MAX1378 NEW - YORK LONDON JOHN MURRAY ...
... DOMESTIC BIRDS IN A CAPTIVE STATE , WITH HINTS FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT . nund BY REV . ES DIXON , M.A. , 66 AUTHOR OF ORNAMENTAL AND DOMESTIC POULTRY . ' WITH NUMEROUS WOODCUTS . ASTOR LIBRARY DON MAX1378 NEW - YORK LONDON JOHN MURRAY ...
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... Domestic Poultry " naturally put the writer in possession of many a clue towards the better understanding of the natures of other domestic , captive , and familiar birds . The following pages may therefore be looked upon as an almost ...
... Domestic Poultry " naturally put the writer in possession of many a clue towards the better understanding of the natures of other domestic , captive , and familiar birds . The following pages may therefore be looked upon as an almost ...
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... domestic birds . - Interest attached to them . - Pets of childhood . - Paradoxical increase.- Effect of captivity on the productiveness of some birds . - Beauty of the Columbida . - Earliest history . - The olive branch . - Arab legend ...
... domestic birds . - Interest attached to them . - Pets of childhood . - Paradoxical increase.- Effect of captivity on the productiveness of some birds . - Beauty of the Columbida . - Earliest history . - The olive branch . - Arab legend ...
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... DOMESTIC PIGEONS . FANTAILS ; their powers . - Effects of crossing . - Accident to one . - Pigeon Paon . - The lean poet of Cos . - Runts . - Pigeon mon- dains . Comparison of eggs and weights . - Synonyms of Runts . -Runts at sea ...
... DOMESTIC PIGEONS . FANTAILS ; their powers . - Effects of crossing . - Accident to one . - Pigeon Paon . - The lean poet of Cos . - Runts . - Pigeon mon- dains . Comparison of eggs and weights . - Synonyms of Runts . -Runts at sea ...
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