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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... existence . - How con- gregated in New Zealand . - Professor Owen's conjecture . - Any hope that they still survive ? -A few glimpses of evidence . - The latest news . - Habits and propagation of the Emeu . - The Emeus at Knowsley ...
... existence . - How con- gregated in New Zealand . - Professor Owen's conjecture . - Any hope that they still survive ? -A few glimpses of evidence . - The latest news . - Habits and propagation of the Emeu . - The Emeus at Knowsley ...
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... existence flag , if we have but duties and proper pursuits in this world , and a religious hope for the next . But Pigeons are useful , not as mere pets for child- hood and diversions for men , but as affording , by their extraordinary ...
... existence flag , if we have but duties and proper pursuits in this world , and a religious hope for the next . But Pigeons are useful , not as mere pets for child- hood and diversions for men , but as affording , by their extraordinary ...
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... existence of immense flocks of Sea - fowl , of species which never lay but a single egg , and that only once a year . These , however , are probably much in- debted for their numbers to their hardiness and lon- gevity , as well as to ...
... existence of immense flocks of Sea - fowl , of species which never lay but a single egg , and that only once a year . These , however , are probably much in- debted for their numbers to their hardiness and lon- gevity , as well as to ...
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... existence , accordingly as those organs are most demanded by their peculiar necessities . The Foal , which , in a state of nature , has to follow its mother over boundless grassy plains , has its legs extra- ordinarily developed in ...
... existence , accordingly as those organs are most demanded by their peculiar necessities . The Foal , which , in a state of nature , has to follow its mother over boundless grassy plains , has its legs extra- ordinarily developed in ...
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... existence in all animated beings , and of the way in which that very incompleteness is made to answer a purpose , must , one would say , prove that " the progres- sion of forms , " " the evolution of species , " and their advancement by ...
... existence in all animated beings , and of the way in which that very incompleteness is made to answer a purpose , must , one would say , prove that " the progres- sion of forms , " " the evolution of species , " and their advancement by ...
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ancient animals appear Archangel Pigeons Australian aviary beak beautiful better bill Bittern Blue Rock bred breed Bronze-wing cage called captivity Carrier Pigeons CHAP chick cock Collared Turtle colour Columba Columbida common creatures Crested Curassows domestic Pigeons domesticable Dovecotes Dovehouse Pigeons Doves eggs Emeu England fanciers Fancy Pigeons Fantail Fcap feathers feed feet female fish flesh flight fowls Gardens ground Guans Gulls habits hatched head History Knowsley LADY live livia Lord male mate native natural naturalists neck nest never observed pair parents Passenger Pigeon Pigeon-house plumage Portrait Post 8vo poultry Quail race reared remarkable Rock Dove Rock Pigeon Runts season Second Edition seen shot soon sort species specimens Stork tail Temminck Third Edition tion Treatise Tumblers Turbit Turkey Vols Water Hen wild wings Woodcuts young birds young Pigeons Zoological