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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... looks after his birds without a companion or two . ) The severe countenance with which our neighbour and land- lord , hitherto beaming with benignant smiles , now greeted us as we were walking over the tiles of the outhouses in pursuit ...
... looks after his birds without a companion or two . ) The severe countenance with which our neighbour and land- lord , hitherto beaming with benignant smiles , now greeted us as we were walking over the tiles of the outhouses in pursuit ...
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... looks that asked , yet dared not hope relief , Want with her babes round generous Valour clung , To wring the slow surrender from his tongue , ' T was thine to animate her closing eye ; Alas ! ' t was thine perchance the first to die ...
... looks that asked , yet dared not hope relief , Want with her babes round generous Valour clung , To wring the slow surrender from his tongue , ' T was thine to animate her closing eye ; Alas ! ' t was thine perchance the first to die ...
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... look at them , which often puts them into a scouring . Some prefer the basket , as judging it the warmest , and not so liable to crack the egg when first laid ; others the pan , as not so apt to harbour vermin , and being easier cleaned ...
... look at them , which often puts them into a scouring . Some prefer the basket , as judging it the warmest , and not so liable to crack the egg when first laid ; others the pan , as not so apt to harbour vermin , and being easier cleaned ...
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... look very blank , and a little sceptical ; which calls forth the remark , 66 If you doubt my word , sir , you are welcome to look round and see . John ! take the gentleman backwards , and show him all the Pigeons we have on the premises ...
... look very blank , and a little sceptical ; which calls forth the remark , 66 If you doubt my word , sir , you are welcome to look round and see . John ! take the gentleman backwards , and show him all the Pigeons we have on the premises ...
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... look as if they were every one of them cast after the same model . It would be most difficult , on being shown an egg of any of the Columbida , to pronounce by which species it had been laid . -- In the new - hatched young , likewise ,
... look as if they were every one of them cast after the same model . It would be most difficult , on being shown an egg of any of the Columbida , to pronounce by which species it had been laid . -- In the new - hatched young , likewise ,
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The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of ... Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2018 |
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