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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 80
Page 4
... head and wielded the fatal chopper ; the universal horror that the body should flap , and flutter , and palpitate for a while after the operation was com- plete ; the enigmatical illustration from English his- tory , " King Charles ...
... head and wielded the fatal chopper ; the universal horror that the body should flap , and flutter , and palpitate for a while after the operation was com- plete ; the enigmatical illustration from English his- tory , " King Charles ...
Page 8
... head , and voices , if not melodious , yet most expressive , which is better far . In form and motion we have everything that is charming and attractive , either in repose or activity . Even in the individuals CHAP . I. ] EARLIEST ...
... head , and voices , if not melodious , yet most expressive , which is better far . In form and motion we have everything that is charming and attractive , either in repose or activity . Even in the individuals CHAP . I. ] EARLIEST ...
Page 12
... head , and burn it on the altar : and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar . And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers , and cast it beside the altar , on the east part , by the place of the ashes . And ...
... head , and burn it on the altar : and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar . And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers , and cast it beside the altar , on the east part , by the place of the ashes . And ...
Page 30
... head ; on the lip of the vessel others are pluming themselves . Mirabilis ibi columba bibens , et aquam umbrâ capitis infuscans . Apricantur aliæ scabentes sese in cathari labro . ' It was found in Hadrian's villa in 1737 , by Cardinal ...
... head ; on the lip of the vessel others are pluming themselves . Mirabilis ibi columba bibens , et aquam umbrâ capitis infuscans . Apricantur aliæ scabentes sese in cathari labro . ' It was found in Hadrian's villa in 1737 , by Cardinal ...
Page 32
... head , stewed down with plenty of cummin and salt , to which some add burnt clay , urine , coriander , hempseed , honey , and substitute the herb tragus ( He Goat ) , if we could discover what that is , for the stewed goat's head ; in ...
... head , stewed down with plenty of cummin and salt , to which some add burnt clay , urine , coriander , hempseed , honey , and substitute the herb tragus ( He Goat ) , if we could discover what that is , for the stewed goat's head ; in ...
Other editions - View all
The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of ... Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
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