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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... male with a single female proves to be an economical plan , instead of the reverse , as those might be apt to fancy on whose thoughts the polygamous domestic Fowl so readily obtrudes itself : the help- lessness and indolence of the ...
... male with a single female proves to be an economical plan , instead of the reverse , as those might be apt to fancy on whose thoughts the polygamous domestic Fowl so readily obtrudes itself : the help- lessness and indolence of the ...
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... males as females . Nothing is more prolific than Pigeons , so that in forty days they conceive , and lay , and incubate , and rear . And they do this nearly the whole year : they only make an interval from winter to the vernal equinox ...
... males as females . Nothing is more prolific than Pigeons , so that in forty days they conceive , and lay , and incubate , and rear . And they do this nearly the whole year : they only make an interval from winter to the vernal equinox ...
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... male is the first to be- come serious . He foresees that " the Campbells are coming " better than his bride , and therefore takes pos- session of some locker or box that seems an eligible tenement . If it is quite empty and bare , he ...
... male is the first to be- come serious . He foresees that " the Campbells are coming " better than his bride , and therefore takes pos- session of some locker or box that seems an eligible tenement . If it is quite empty and bare , he ...
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... male birds in a Dovecote is less than that of females , the supernumerary hens will pair with each other , and set up an establish- ment for themselves ; if the males are in excess they will make an excursive tour in search of a mate ...
... male birds in a Dovecote is less than that of females , the supernumerary hens will pair with each other , and set up an establish- ment for themselves ; if the males are in excess they will make an excursive tour in search of a mate ...
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... male birds at least has been somewhat exaggerated ; for they were seen in the fact of yielding to the blandishments of the independent spinsters . But the two eggs of the Pigeon produce one male and one female chick in so nearly an ...
... male birds at least has been somewhat exaggerated ; for they were seen in the fact of yielding to the blandishments of the independent spinsters . But the two eggs of the Pigeon produce one male and one female chick in so nearly an ...
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