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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... lives in order to continue a little longer to admire their beauty and protect their gentleness . Each in its kind has its own special grace : there is the decorous Nun , the gro- tesquely - strutting Powter , the comely Turbit , the gay ...
... lives in order to continue a little longer to admire their beauty and protect their gentleness . Each in its kind has its own special grace : there is the decorous Nun , the gro- tesquely - strutting Powter , the comely Turbit , the gay ...
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... obtain their subsistence ; independence and industry are the qualities that constitute their value as live stock . Hence they would deserve far more consideration from the early settlers , either in remote ages , or in.
... obtain their subsistence ; independence and industry are the qualities that constitute their value as live stock . Hence they would deserve far more consideration from the early settlers , either in remote ages , or in.
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... live in society with man , and are very tame , and crowd about one's feet ; but in desert places they fly away , and do not await the approach of men . " † But it is as letter - carriers that Pigeons have obtained the greatest celebrity ...
... live in society with man , and are very tame , and crowd about one's feet ; but in desert places they fly away , and do not await the approach of men . " † But it is as letter - carriers that Pigeons have obtained the greatest celebrity ...
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... live without it . This part of the subject shall be concluded with Varro's account of his Dove- cote , just before the commencement of the Christian era . " The ПεσTεgεv , or Pigeon - house , is made like a large pent - house ( testudo ) ...
... live without it . This part of the subject shall be concluded with Varro's account of his Dove- cote , just before the commencement of the Christian era . " The ПεσTεgεv , or Pigeon - house , is made like a large pent - house ( testudo ) ...
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... live by suction on the milky ali- ment secreted by the parent birds . The bill of a young Pigeon is a ridiculously prominent feature , a laughable caricature of what we might suppose a bill ought to be . In new - hatched squeakers it ...
... live by suction on the milky ali- ment secreted by the parent birds . The bill of a young Pigeon is a ridiculously prominent feature , a laughable caricature of what we might suppose a bill ought to be . In new - hatched squeakers it ...
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