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 58
... remains an addle egg . Of all young things , babies included , a new - hatched Pigeon ranks among the most helpless , as the annexed cut indicates with tolerable accuracy . Most little birds , 201 ... if blind , if weak , can at least ...
... remains an addle egg . Of all young things , babies included , a new - hatched Pigeon ranks among the most helpless , as the annexed cut indicates with tolerable accuracy . Most little birds , 201 ... if blind , if weak , can at least ...
Page 59
... remains stationary is sure to die . Some- times , of two squabs , one will go on growing like a mushroom or a puff - ball , and the other will keep as it was , till the thrifty one weighs six or eight times as much as its brother or ...
... remains stationary is sure to die . Some- times , of two squabs , one will go on growing like a mushroom or a puff - ball , and the other will keep as it was , till the thrifty one weighs six or eight times as much as its brother or ...
Page 87
... remains ; and I am cognisant of a case where , by coupling a true Fantail with such a bird as the last mentioned , the pure race was re - established . It is probable ( but I am not able to state it ) that in this case the true Fantail ...
... remains ; and I am cognisant of a case where , by coupling a true Fantail with such a bird as the last mentioned , the pure race was re - established . It is probable ( but I am not able to state it ) that in this case the true Fantail ...
Page 90
... remains of a Pigeon that had been starved to death in a hole in a church wall ; and the webs of the feathers had all been absorbed , leaving the shafts only remaining before the poor bird died at last . " The Pigeon Paon or Peacock ...
... remains of a Pigeon that had been starved to death in a hole in a church wall ; and the webs of the feathers had all been absorbed , leaving the shafts only remaining before the poor bird died at last . " The Pigeon Paon or Peacock ...
Page 94
... remains in the cave at Kirkdale , and figures a bone which he says approaches closely to the Spanish Runt , which is one of the largest of the Pigeon tribe . Ever since the classic period these birds have been celebrated among the ...
... remains in the cave at Kirkdale , and figures a bone which he says approaches closely to the Spanish Runt , which is one of the largest of the Pigeon tribe . Ever since the classic period these birds have been celebrated among the ...
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