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 8
... tail - coverts metallic . In most birds , colours so disposed would be little if at all observed ; but in these Humming - birds the flight is so abrupt , and the motions so sharply checked and reversed , very much by the action of the tail ...
... tail - coverts metallic . In most birds , colours so disposed would be little if at all observed ; but in these Humming - birds the flight is so abrupt , and the motions so sharply checked and reversed , very much by the action of the tail ...
Page 55
... tail - sweepings , circlets in the air , and wing clappings ; while the Fantails and the Runts , and all those kinds which the French call Pigeons mondains , walk the ground with conscious importance and grace . But this is their ...
... tail - sweepings , circlets in the air , and wing clappings ; while the Fantails and the Runts , and all those kinds which the French call Pigeons mondains , walk the ground with conscious importance and grace . But this is their ...
Page 79
... tail - feathers in these birds , all beautifully spread , amount to thirty - six , though the normal number of tail- feathers is but twelve . " The changes , however , in some Fancy Pigeons are not confined to the feathers , but ...
... tail - feathers in these birds , all beautifully spread , amount to thirty - six , though the normal number of tail- feathers is but twelve . " The changes , however , in some Fancy Pigeons are not confined to the feathers , but ...
Page 80
... tail or Carrier has actually been observed and recorded while going on , and can be repeated whenever Man chooses to set about the task . And students , who are not satisfied with the mere dictum and opinion of a fallible , though ...
... tail or Carrier has actually been observed and recorded while going on , and can be repeated whenever Man chooses to set about the task . And students , who are not satisfied with the mere dictum and opinion of a fallible , though ...
Page 87
... tail is not so much in their way , and therefore not so unnatural ( if hard names be allowed to have any force ) , as the train of the Peacock . It is true the tail of the Fantail consists , or ought to consist , of thirty - six ...
... tail is not so much in their way , and therefore not so unnatural ( if hard names be allowed to have any force ) , as the train of the Peacock . It is true the tail of the Fantail consists , or ought to consist , of thirty - six ...
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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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