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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... known ex- ample is seen in the brilliant assemblage of Humming- birds collected by Mr. Gould , and now under the course of illustration by that gentleman , with his usual great artistic and ornithological ability . One , perhaps several ...
... known ex- ample is seen in the brilliant assemblage of Humming- birds collected by Mr. Gould , and now under the course of illustration by that gentleman , with his usual great artistic and ornithological ability . One , perhaps several ...
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... known to us ; being kept in cages , they and young pigeons would always be at hand ; whereas the common European Turtle , a wild and migratory bird , could only be had at certain sea- sons , and even then only according to the chance ...
... known to us ; being kept in cages , they and young pigeons would always be at hand ; whereas the common European Turtle , a wild and migratory bird , could only be had at certain sea- sons , and even then only according to the chance ...
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... known from a very early epoch . It may be believed that we hear less of the different sorts then cultivated and most in favour , in consequence of the merits of all the others being so much thrown into the shade by the superior value ...
... known from a very early epoch . It may be believed that we hear less of the different sorts then cultivated and most in favour , in consequence of the merits of all the others being so much thrown into the shade by the superior value ...
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... known , and no novelty , only dear ; just as choice Almond Tumblers and Powters were with us twenty or thirty years ago , when they were more the fashion than they are at this moment ; and as Bronze - wings , Crowned Pigeons , and other ...
... known , and no novelty , only dear ; just as choice Almond Tumblers and Powters were with us twenty or thirty years ago , when they were more the fashion than they are at this moment ; and as Bronze - wings , Crowned Pigeons , and other ...
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... known in one day to his father , at Ægina , by a vision : but others say , that Taurosthenes carried a Pigeon away with him , making her leave her young ones still tender and unfledged , and that having obtained the victory , he sent ...
... known in one day to his father , at Ægina , by a vision : but others say , that Taurosthenes carried a Pigeon away with him , making her leave her young ones still tender and unfledged , and that having obtained the victory , he sent ...
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