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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... frequently only a single egg , and still more frequently rear but a single chick * , while * " C ' My friend Dr. Bachman says , in a note sent to me , ' In the more cultivated parts of the United States , the Passenger Pigeon no longer ...
... frequently only a single egg , and still more frequently rear but a single chick * , while * " C ' My friend Dr. Bachman says , in a note sent to me , ' In the more cultivated parts of the United States , the Passenger Pigeon no longer ...
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... frequently taken two from the same nest , and reared them . A curious change of habits has taken place in England in those Pigeons which I presented to the Earl of Derby in 1830 , that nobleman having assured me that ever since they ...
... frequently taken two from the same nest , and reared them . A curious change of habits has taken place in England in those Pigeons which I presented to the Earl of Derby in 1830 , that nobleman having assured me that ever since they ...
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... frequent and interesting mention . The practice seems to have been adopted in remote times , in modes , and upon occasions , the exact counterpart of those which call forth the powers of the bird at the present day . How likely is it ...
... frequent and interesting mention . The practice seems to have been adopted in remote times , in modes , and upon occasions , the exact counterpart of those which call forth the powers of the bird at the present day . How likely is it ...
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... frequently delivered by the sacred oaks , and the Doves which inhabited the place . " And it is in allusion to such sacred birds that Ælian writes , " A Locust implicated the Ephe- sians and the Magnetæ in war with each other , and a ...
... frequently delivered by the sacred oaks , and the Doves which inhabited the place . " And it is in allusion to such sacred birds that Ælian writes , " A Locust implicated the Ephe- sians and the Magnetæ in war with each other , and a ...
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... frequent occa- sion for the employment of Carrier Pigeons . The clever contrivance of Brutus is thus mentioned by Pliny , and we quote it , although it is a well - known passage , and has even had the honour of being para- phrased in ...
... frequent occa- sion for the employment of Carrier Pigeons . The clever contrivance of Brutus is thus mentioned by Pliny , and we quote it , although it is a well - known passage , and has even had the honour of being para- phrased in ...
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