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 31
... sort of Hawk is called by the country people tinunculus : the young of this bird are shut up in earthen vessels , one in each , and closed in alive ; the vessels are smeared with plaster , and suspended in the corners of the pigeon ...
... sort of Hawk is called by the country people tinunculus : the young of this bird are shut up in earthen vessels , one in each , and closed in alive ; the vessels are smeared with plaster , and suspended in the corners of the pigeon ...
Page 49
... sort , and men of small worth , making a trade and a living of the spoil- ing and destroying of the said games , who are not of sufficiency to pay the said penalties in the said statutes mentioned , nor to answer the costs and charges ...
... sort , and men of small worth , making a trade and a living of the spoil- ing and destroying of the said games , who are not of sufficiency to pay the said penalties in the said statutes mentioned , nor to answer the costs and charges ...
Page 57
... sort , cross - bred or otherwise , should never be destroyed . They will have rendered , if fairly fed , such substantial assistance to the pastry - cook in the course of their adult period ( the duration of which is not well defined ) ...
... sort , cross - bred or otherwise , should never be destroyed . They will have rendered , if fairly fed , such substantial assistance to the pastry - cook in the course of their adult period ( the duration of which is not well defined ) ...
Page 74
... and admiration , have received this opinion , as a sort of sci- entific heir - loom , and have transmitted it undisturbed CHAP . III . LITTLE INVESTIGATED BY NATURALISTS . 75 74 [ CHAP . III . GROUND OF THE RECEIVED OPINION.
... and admiration , have received this opinion , as a sort of sci- entific heir - loom , and have transmitted it undisturbed CHAP . III . LITTLE INVESTIGATED BY NATURALISTS . 75 74 [ CHAP . III . GROUND OF THE RECEIVED OPINION.
Page 77
... sort all supposition in respect to their specific identity . We must nevertheless , not permit ourselves to form any con- jectures as to the origin of these Pigeons à Cravate ; the date of their enslavement , which runs back into ages ...
... sort all supposition in respect to their specific identity . We must nevertheless , not permit ourselves to form any con- jectures as to the origin of these Pigeons à Cravate ; the date of their enslavement , which runs back into ages ...
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The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of ... Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2018 |
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