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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... probably from the loose manner in which it has been constructed , so that either a young bird or an egg drops out . Indeed , I have found both at the foot of the tree . This is no doubt accidental , and not to be attri- buted to a habit ...
... probably from the loose manner in which it has been constructed , so that either a young bird or an egg drops out . Indeed , I have found both at the foot of the tree . This is no doubt accidental , and not to be attri- buted to a habit ...
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... probably much in- debted for their numbers to their hardiness and lon- gevity , as well as to their security from serious perse- cution . The Pigeon , on the contrary , seems to have overspread the land in consequence of an innate force ...
... probably much in- debted for their numbers to their hardiness and lon- gevity , as well as to their security from serious perse- cution . The Pigeon , on the contrary , seems to have overspread the land in consequence of an innate force ...
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... probably from some obscure rumour of this event , has generally been the emblem of peace ; but , what is curious , we hear that in countries where scarcely the remotest tradition can have penetrated , a like token is similarly ...
... probably from some obscure rumour of this event , has generally been the emblem of peace ; but , what is curious , we hear that in countries where scarcely the remotest tradition can have penetrated , a like token is similarly ...
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... probably by the earliest colonists , for no one ever thought them novel . We once had a lot exhibited at our Brooklyn Society , but they were merely shown as fine specimens , not on account of their being any rarity . The domestic ...
... probably by the earliest colonists , for no one ever thought them novel . We once had a lot exhibited at our Brooklyn Society , but they were merely shown as fine specimens , not on account of their being any rarity . The domestic ...
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... probably a native of Egypt , as early at least as the time of Abraham ( the Bible dis- tinctly stating it to have been among the presents given by Pharaoh to the patriarch ) , has never yet been met with in the paintings or ...
... probably a native of Egypt , as early at least as the time of Abraham ( the Bible dis- tinctly stating it to have been among the presents given by Pharaoh to the patriarch ) , has never yet been met with in the paintings or ...
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