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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... species are likely eventually to take , in respect to their association with mankind , and to obtain a cognizance of the circum- stances most immediately connected with that relation- ship . The writer is fully aware that it is not easy ...
... species are likely eventually to take , in respect to their association with mankind , and to obtain a cognizance of the circum- stances most immediately connected with that relation- ship . The writer is fully aware that it is not easy ...
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... species . - State in which the young are hatched . — Easily tamed . - Produce few young in a tame state . — Mode of distinguishing species . — Organ of voice . -Its efficiency . - The Cracidæ as poultry . - Mr . Bennett's and Mr ...
... species . - State in which the young are hatched . — Easily tamed . - Produce few young in a tame state . — Mode of distinguishing species . — Organ of voice . -Its efficiency . - The Cracidæ as poultry . - Mr . Bennett's and Mr ...
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... species . - Desiderata in our menageries • • PAGE 274 CHAPTER IV . THE WATER HEN . Undomesticable , and of paradoxical habits . - Their familiar aution . Attracted by luxuriant water - weeds . - Will have their own way . - Mode of ...
... species . - Desiderata in our menageries • • PAGE 274 CHAPTER IV . THE WATER HEN . Undomesticable , and of paradoxical habits . - Their familiar aution . Attracted by luxuriant water - weeds . - Will have their own way . - Mode of ...
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... species which never lay but a single egg , and that only once a year . These , however , are probably much in- debted for their numbers to their hardiness and lon- gevity , as well as to their security from serious perse- cution . The ...
... species which never lay but a single egg , and that only once a year . These , however , are probably much in- debted for their numbers to their hardiness and lon- gevity , as well as to their security from serious perse- cution . The ...
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... species or their supposed varieties . The first mention of Pigeons to be met with is found in the Holy Scriptures . 66 And it came to pass at the end of forty days , that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made . And he sent ...
... species or their supposed varieties . The first mention of Pigeons to be met with is found in the Holy Scriptures . 66 And it came to pass at the end of forty days , that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made . And he sent ...
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