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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... WILD . The Blue Rock Dove . - Varro's account . - Distinguished from Dovehouse Pigeons . - Disposition . - Experiment . - Gregarious- ness . Crossing with Carriers . - Less kept than formerly . - Mari- 70 . 86 CONTENTS . ix time haunts ...
... WILD . The Blue Rock Dove . - Varro's account . - Distinguished from Dovehouse Pigeons . - Disposition . - Experiment . - Gregarious- ness . Crossing with Carriers . - Less kept than formerly . - Mari- 70 . 86 CONTENTS . ix time haunts ...
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... wild and migratory bird , could only be had at certain sea- sons , and even then only according to the chance suc- cess of the fowler , fire - arms not yet affording a sure means of capture : for the way in which Turtle - Doves are thus ...
... wild and migratory bird , could only be had at certain sea- sons , and even then only according to the chance suc- cess of the fowler , fire - arms not yet affording a sure means of capture : for the way in which Turtle - Doves are thus ...
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... wild Turtle , which to this day continues to be a free and unreclaimed ranger of the old world , but the Collared Turtle , which makes itself so much at home , and breeds so freely whilst in captivity to man . 99 Another notice occurs ...
... wild Turtle , which to this day continues to be a free and unreclaimed ranger of the old world , but the Collared Turtle , which makes itself so much at home , and breeds so freely whilst in captivity to man . 99 Another notice occurs ...
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... wild Rock Dove of our own island . In India , exactly the same half - wild disposition is similarly manifested . Some of the details of Captain Mundy's description of the Black Pagoda or Temple of the Sun , read to us as if he were ...
... wild Rock Dove of our own island . In India , exactly the same half - wild disposition is similarly manifested . Some of the details of Captain Mundy's description of the Black Pagoda or Temple of the Sun , read to us as if he were ...
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... wild type which the half - wild blue Rock Pigeon ( as such ) has un- dergone in this long succession of ages , is really re- markable , and ought to have its full weight in the con- sideration of the question as to the origin of the ...
... wild type which the half - wild blue Rock Pigeon ( as such ) has un- dergone in this long succession of ages , is really re- markable , and ought to have its full weight in the con- sideration of the question as to the origin of the ...
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