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 viii
... flight , and colouring.- Defects and remedies . - Crosses . - Carriers . - Castle of the birds . -How they find their way . - Phrenological hypothesis - Carriers in Turkey . Sir John Ross's birds . — Explanation . — Antwerp Carriers ...
... flight , and colouring.- Defects and remedies . - Crosses . - Carriers . - Castle of the birds . -How they find their way . - Phrenological hypothesis - Carriers in Turkey . Sir John Ross's birds . — Explanation . — Antwerp Carriers ...
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... flight . - Quails in captivity . Their fate in an aviary . - Distinc- tion between Quails and Partridges . - Unvarying plumage throughout the Old World . Whether polygamous . - Careless of their young . Their double moult . - Breeding ...
... flight . - Quails in captivity . Their fate in an aviary . - Distinc- tion between Quails and Partridges . - Unvarying plumage throughout the Old World . Whether polygamous . - Careless of their young . Their double moult . - Breeding ...
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... flight CHAPTER XIII . THE SANDWICH ISLAND GOOSE . • Stay - at - home travellers . - Home of the Sandwich Bernicle.- Natural disposition . - Its claims on our patronage . - Natural perfume . - Voice . - First historial notice ...
... flight CHAPTER XIII . THE SANDWICH ISLAND GOOSE . • Stay - at - home travellers . - Home of the Sandwich Bernicle.- Natural disposition . - Its claims on our patronage . - Natural perfume . - Voice . - First historial notice ...
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... flight is so abrupt , and the motions so sharply checked and reversed , very much by the action of the tail , that the metallic feathers are sud- denly seen , like a momentary star , which as suddenly vanishes , and which marks , by its ...
... flight is so abrupt , and the motions so sharply checked and reversed , very much by the action of the tail , that the metallic feathers are sud- denly seen , like a momentary star , which as suddenly vanishes , and which marks , by its ...
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... flight made to coincide with the migra- tions of any wild species of Columba . The ancient oracles also enlisted Pigeons into their service . Lempriere informs us respecting the famous temple at Dodona , that " two black doves , as ...
... flight made to coincide with the migra- tions of any wild species of Columba . The ancient oracles also enlisted Pigeons into their service . Lempriere informs us respecting the famous temple at Dodona , that " two black doves , as ...
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