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 viii
... wing . - The Almond . - Pecu- liarity of form . - Learning to tumble . - Baldpates . — Helmets.— Powters and Croppers . - Their carriage , flight , and colouring.- Defects and remedies . - Crosses . - Carriers . - Castle of the birds ...
... wing . - The Almond . - Pecu- liarity of form . - Learning to tumble . - Baldpates . — Helmets.— Powters and Croppers . - Their carriage , flight , and colouring.- Defects and remedies . - Crosses . - Carriers . - Castle of the birds ...
Page ix
... wing . First discovery . - Food and habits .—— Their doings at Knowsley . - Graceful Ground Dove . - Minute birds and beasts of Australia . - Mr . Gould's account . - Crested Australian Pigeons . Their breeding at Knowsley . - Habits in ...
... wing . First discovery . - Food and habits .—— Their doings at Knowsley . - Graceful Ground Dove . - Minute birds and beasts of Australia . - Mr . Gould's account . - Crested Australian Pigeons . Their breeding at Knowsley . - Habits in ...
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... wing ; the astonishment of a respectable shoe- maker on the other side of the street , to see a boy's face peeping over the ridge of the opposite roof , with the air of Cortes surveying the Pacific Ocean from the summit of the Andes ...
... wing ; the astonishment of a respectable shoe- maker on the other side of the street , to see a boy's face peeping over the ridge of the opposite roof , with the air of Cortes surveying the Pacific Ocean from the summit of the Andes ...
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... wings . Crests , too , in others , are added to give grace to the head , and voices , if not melodious , yet most expressive , which is better far . In form and motion we have everything that is charming and attractive , either in ...
... wings . Crests , too , in others , are added to give grace to the head , and voices , if not melodious , yet most expressive , which is better far . In form and motion we have everything that is charming and attractive , either in ...
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... wings thereof , but shall not divide it asunder : and the priest shall burn it upon the altar , upon the wood that is upon the fire : it is a burnt - sacrifice , an offering made by fire , of a sweet savour unto the Lord . " In the same ...
... wings thereof , but shall not divide it asunder : and the priest shall burn it upon the altar , upon the wood that is upon the fire : it is a burnt - sacrifice , an offering made by fire , of a sweet savour unto the Lord . " In the same ...
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ancient animals appear Archangel Pigeons Australian aviary beak beautiful better bill Bittern Blue Rock bred breed Bronze-wing cage called captivity Carrier Pigeons CHAP chick cock Collared Turtle colour Columba Columbida common creatures Crested Curassows domestic Pigeons domesticable Dovecotes Dovehouse Pigeons Doves eggs Emeu England fanciers Fancy Pigeons Fantail Fcap feathers feed feet female fish flesh flight fowls Gardens ground Guans Gulls habits hatched head History Knowsley LADY live livia Lord male mate native natural naturalists neck nest never observed pair parents Passenger Pigeon Pigeon-house plumage Portrait Post 8vo poultry Quail race reared remarkable Rock Dove Rock Pigeon Runts season Second Edition seen shot soon sort species specimens Stork tail Temminck Third Edition tion Treatise Tumblers Turbit Turkey Vols Water Hen wild wings Woodcuts young birds young Pigeons Zoological