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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... general terms only , the kind assistance which has been afforded him by very many friends and correspondents . CRINGLEFORD HALL , NORWICH , April , 1851 . CONTENTS . THE DOVECOTE . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY . Pigeons vi ADVERTISEMENT .
... general terms only , the kind assistance which has been afforded him by very many friends and correspondents . CRINGLEFORD HALL , NORWICH , April , 1851 . CONTENTS . THE DOVECOTE . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY . Pigeons vi ADVERTISEMENT .
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... kind has its own special grace : there is the decorous Nun , the gro- tesquely - strutting Powter , the comely Turbit , the gay and frisky Tumbler , the stately Swan - like Fantail . In any account of so varied and yet so closely ...
... kind has its own special grace : there is the decorous Nun , the gro- tesquely - strutting Powter , the comely Turbit , the gay and frisky Tumbler , the stately Swan - like Fantail . In any account of so varied and yet so closely ...
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... kind , set down in an earthen pan ; it can be eaten more readily than rock - salt , and is therefore more agreeable . Fanciers who are more superstitious than cleanly , can prepare the Salt - Cat according to the most potent and the ...
... kind , set down in an earthen pan ; it can be eaten more readily than rock - salt , and is therefore more agreeable . Fanciers who are more superstitious than cleanly , can prepare the Salt - Cat according to the most potent and the ...
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... kind none can be preferable to that described in the " Treatise , " af- fording , as it does , opportunity for a lecture on Hydro- statics . " The water - bottle should be a large glass bottle with a long neck , holding four or five ...
... kind none can be preferable to that described in the " Treatise , " af- fording , as it does , opportunity for a lecture on Hydro- statics . " The water - bottle should be a large glass bottle with a long neck , holding four or five ...
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... kind , and what in lieu thereof . Goslings , Eggs , Bees , and Milk , are mentioned , but not a word about young Pigeons , a delicacy which would have been hardly omitted , had they been then and there subject to payment of tithes ...
... kind , and what in lieu thereof . Goslings , Eggs , Bees , and Milk , are mentioned , but not a word about young Pigeons , a delicacy which would have been hardly omitted , had they been then and there subject to payment of tithes ...
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