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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... whole subject is , just now , of very increasing interest . The industrious student and the unprejudiced discoverer may yet gather not only facts , but fame . Three of these Essays first appeared in " Bell's Weekly Messenger , " whence ...
... whole subject is , just now , of very increasing interest . The industrious student and the unprejudiced discoverer may yet gather not only facts , but fame . Three of these Essays first appeared in " Bell's Weekly Messenger , " whence ...
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... whole system of life , their very mind and affec- tions ! Compare them with the gallinaceous tribes , and they scarcely seem to belong to the same class of beings . These walk the ground , those glide on air ; these lazily gorge and ...
... whole system of life , their very mind and affec- tions ! Compare them with the gallinaceous tribes , and they scarcely seem to belong to the same class of beings . These walk the ground , those glide on air ; these lazily gorge and ...
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... whole chro- nicle full of such - like accidents , soon showed us that life , to the young , is an onward journey through an unexplored country , every step in which leads to some discovery , and opens to us a pleasant or a repulsive ...
... whole chro- nicle full of such - like accidents , soon showed us that life , to the young , is an onward journey through an unexplored country , every step in which leads to some discovery , and opens to us a pleasant or a repulsive ...
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... whole or partial ; sometimes a complete panoply of blazing scales , occa- sionally a few patches of bronze and tinsel on the wings . Crests , too , in others , are added to give grace to the head , and voices , if not melodious , yet ...
... whole or partial ; sometimes a complete panoply of blazing scales , occa- sionally a few patches of bronze and tinsel on the wings . Crests , too , in others , are added to give grace to the head , and voices , if not melodious , yet ...
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... whole earth . Then he put forth his hand , and took her , and pulled her in unto him into the ark . And he stayed yet other seven days , and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark . And the dove came in to him in the evening , and ...
... whole earth . Then he put forth his hand , and took her , and pulled her in unto him into the ark . And he stayed yet other seven days , and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark . And the dove came in to him in the evening , and ...
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