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
... Feed their own young . - New - hatched squabs . - The pigeon - loft . -The trap . - Nesting - places . - Food and luxuries . - Water - sup- ply . - Out - door pigeon - houses . Pole - house . - Dovecotes . Pigeon law . - Varro's ...
... Feed their own young . - New - hatched squabs . - The pigeon - loft . -The trap . - Nesting - places . - Food and luxuries . - Water - sup- ply . - Out - door pigeon - houses . Pole - house . - Dovecotes . Pigeon law . - Varro's ...
Page xi
... feed them . - Captive Kingfishers . -Mr . Rayner's aviary . - Diet and habits of Kingfishers there . -Mode of eating . — Their pugnacity . - Destructiveness of a Heron . Unsociability of Kingfishers . - Management in a cap- tive state ...
... feed them . - Captive Kingfishers . -Mr . Rayner's aviary . - Diet and habits of Kingfishers there . -Mode of eating . — Their pugnacity . - Destructiveness of a Heron . Unsociability of Kingfishers . - Management in a cap- tive state ...
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... Feed their own young . - New - hatched squabs . - The pigeon - loft . - The trap.- Nesting - places . - Food and luxuries . - Water - supply . - Out - door pigeon - houses . -Pole - house . - Dovecotes . - Pigeon law . - Varro's ...
... Feed their own young . - New - hatched squabs . - The pigeon - loft . - The trap.- Nesting - places . - Food and luxuries . - Water - supply . - Out - door pigeon - houses . -Pole - house . - Dovecotes . - Pigeon law . - Varro's ...
Page 37
... feed late after sun- set , when it is quite dusk , and when other domestic birds would give it up . The power of sight which they have to distinguish distant objects , seems extensible also to those that are but faintly illuminated ...
... feed late after sun- set , when it is quite dusk , and when other domestic birds would give it up . The power of sight which they have to distinguish distant objects , seems extensible also to those that are but faintly illuminated ...
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... feed them occasionally , i . e . , four or five times a week , in their chamber , even though it may be wished to see them take their food on the ground with the other poultry as a general rule . For this purpose it will be sufficient ...
... feed them occasionally , i . e . , four or five times a week , in their chamber , even though it may be wished to see them take their food on the ground with the other poultry as a general rule . For this purpose it will be sufficient ...
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