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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... turn , to rear young for themselves . The details to be hereafter given will show how com- pletely and effectually this great end is carried out with the least possible expenditure of time and power . The forcing by gardeners , and the ...
... turn , to rear young for themselves . The details to be hereafter given will show how com- pletely and effectually this great end is carried out with the least possible expenditure of time and power . The forcing by gardeners , and the ...
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... turns in the zig - zag course which the flashing bird pursues through the sun- shine . And the Pigeons , too , have their amethystine necks , and their metallic plumage , either whole or partial ; sometimes a complete panoply of blazing ...
... turns in the zig - zag course which the flashing bird pursues through the sun- shine . And the Pigeons , too , have their amethystine necks , and their metallic plumage , either whole or partial ; sometimes a complete panoply of blazing ...
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... turns on hinges below . It is raised or let down by a string , which should pass through the loft , so that it can be drawn up , and the trap closed by the owner outside or beneath the loft , or in an adjoining chamber , without ...
... turns on hinges below . It is raised or let down by a string , which should pass through the loft , so that it can be drawn up , and the trap closed by the owner outside or beneath the loft , or in an adjoining chamber , without ...
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... turns in the same locations early in the morning , in the evening , and all the night . The older a cock Pigeon grows , the more fatherly does he become . So great is his fondness for having a rising family , that an experienced unmated ...
... turns in the same locations early in the morning , in the evening , and all the night . The older a cock Pigeon grows , the more fatherly does he become . So great is his fondness for having a rising family , that an experienced unmated ...
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... turn , and form by the interference of Man , those singular races which we remark in the Pigeons of the aviary ; these races are maintained by the care which is taken to assort them . Of these Pigeons , especially , the different shades ...
... turn , and form by the interference of Man , those singular races which we remark in the Pigeons of the aviary ; these races are maintained by the care which is taken to assort them . Of these Pigeons , especially , the different shades ...
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