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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... BITTERN . Its temper . - Voice . - Nesting habits and haunts . - The Marram banks . - The district which they skirt . - The Bittern : its home . - Money value . - Mr . Jecks's Bittern . - Its manners in captivity . THE Bittern is a ...
... BITTERN . Its temper . - Voice . - Nesting habits and haunts . - The Marram banks . - The district which they skirt . - The Bittern : its home . - Money value . - Mr . Jecks's Bittern . - Its manners in captivity . THE Bittern is a ...
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... Bittern feet like the Emeu and the Ostrich , Foot of Bittern - one fourth natural size . or even like the Stork , it would sink , and become inex- tricably bog - foundered in haunts to which it trusts for safety ; but by means of the ...
... Bittern feet like the Emeu and the Ostrich , Foot of Bittern - one fourth natural size . or even like the Stork , it would sink , and become inex- tricably bog - foundered in haunts to which it trusts for safety ; but by means of the ...
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... Bittern : - " Be she lean , or be she fat , She bears twelve pence upon her back . " But the progress of Epicurean taste has not kept pace with the diminished value of money . In March 1849 , on going to the person with whom I usually ...
... Bittern : - " Be she lean , or be she fat , She bears twelve pence upon her back . " But the progress of Epicurean taste has not kept pace with the diminished value of money . In March 1849 , on going to the person with whom I usually ...
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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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