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 11
... remarkable . A ' man ' is still called ' A'dam ' in Turkish . " + The learned Bochart correctly remarks , that the Holy Scriptures rarely mention the clean birds , with the sole exception of Doves and Pigeons , respecting which more ...
... remarkable . A ' man ' is still called ' A'dam ' in Turkish . " + The learned Bochart correctly remarks , that the Holy Scriptures rarely mention the clean birds , with the sole exception of Doves and Pigeons , respecting which more ...
Page 16
... remarkable that the camel , though known to have been used in , and 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 ...
... remarkable that the camel , though known to have been used in , and 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 ...
Page 78
... remarkable and very unlike each other . We are told they are all derived by selection , and com- bination , and special modes of rearing ( by soins parti- culiers assidus - very favourite words of Temminck ) , from another race as ...
... remarkable and very unlike each other . We are told they are all derived by selection , and com- bination , and special modes of rearing ( by soins parti- culiers assidus - very favourite words of Temminck ) , from another race as ...
Page 79
... remarkable change has been effected in the character of the feather ; thus in the Jacobins , more frequently for brevity's sake called Jacks , there is a range of feathers inverted quite over the hinder part of the head , and reaching ...
... remarkable change has been effected in the character of the feather ; thus in the Jacobins , more frequently for brevity's sake called Jacks , there is a range of feathers inverted quite over the hinder part of the head , and reaching ...
Page 80
... remarkable change than those which are supposed to have taken place . But it never happens . We ought , in truth , to be more thankful than we are for the varied bounty of Providence in creating the Pigeons to be prolific of young , and ...
... remarkable change than those which are supposed to have taken place . But it never happens . We ought , in truth , to be more thankful than we are for the varied bounty of Providence in creating the Pigeons to be prolific of young , and ...
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