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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Page vii
... Nesting - places . - Food and luxuries . - Water - sup- ply . - Out - door pigeon - houses . Pole - house . - Dovecotes . Pigeon law . - Varro's dovecote . — Stocking the loft . — Commence- ment of breeding . - Laying . - Incubation ...
... Nesting - places . - Food and luxuries . - Water - sup- ply . - Out - door pigeon - houses . Pole - house . - Dovecotes . Pigeon law . - Varro's dovecote . — Stocking the loft . — Commence- ment of breeding . - Laying . - Incubation ...
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... Nesting and incubation . - Education of the young . - Severe discipline.— Watchfulness . - Voices . - Interesting pets . - Plumage and varie- ties . - Hybrids . - Heralds of Peace . - The Irish Dove • • PAGE 150 CHAPTER VI . PIGEONS NOT ...
... Nesting and incubation . - Education of the young . - Severe discipline.— Watchfulness . - Voices . - Interesting pets . - Plumage and varie- ties . - Hybrids . - Heralds of Peace . - The Irish Dove • • PAGE 150 CHAPTER VI . PIGEONS NOT ...
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... nesting - places . - Prolific breeders € 280 CHAPTER V. KINGFISHERS . Halcyon of the ancients ; what ? —Aldrovandi's figures and de- scriptions . Nest of Halcyon . - Haunts and habits of the King- fisher . - Anecdote . - How far ...
... nesting - places . - Prolific breeders € 280 CHAPTER V. KINGFISHERS . Halcyon of the ancients ; what ? —Aldrovandi's figures and de- scriptions . Nest of Halcyon . - Haunts and habits of the King- fisher . - Anecdote . - How far ...
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... Nesting habits and haunts . - The Marram banks . The district which they skirt . - The Bittern , its home . -Money value . - Mr . Jecks's Bittern . - Its manners in captivity 325 CHAPTER VIII . THE WHITE STORK . A model of virtue ...
... Nesting habits and haunts . - The Marram banks . The district which they skirt . - The Bittern , its home . -Money value . - Mr . Jecks's Bittern . - Its manners in captivity 325 CHAPTER VIII . THE WHITE STORK . A model of virtue ...
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... nesting . Its eggs . - Domesticability of Gulls . - Their capture . -Application of the method to Geese . The birds kept in Dr. Neill's Gullery . - Docility of Cormorants.- Chinese Fishing Cormorants . - Albatrosses . - Their capture ...
... nesting . Its eggs . - Domesticability of Gulls . - Their capture . -Application of the method to Geese . The birds kept in Dr. Neill's Gullery . - Docility of Cormorants.- Chinese Fishing Cormorants . - Albatrosses . - Their capture ...
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