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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... Dove - cote upon his land , parcel of his manor ; but a servant of the manor cannot do it without licence . It hath been adjudged that erecting a Dove - house is not a common nuisance , nor presentable in the leet . If Pigeons come upon ...
... Dove - cote upon his land , parcel of his manor ; but a servant of the manor cannot do it without licence . It hath been adjudged that erecting a Dove - house is not a common nuisance , nor presentable in the leet . If Pigeons come upon ...
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... Dove ; but the species has a most extensive geographical range . Such exclusive possession of the Turtle Dove is no more a fact than that the Wrekin is Mount Ida , or that the Shropshire gentry dwell on the top of it to represent the ...
... Dove ; but the species has a most extensive geographical range . Such exclusive possession of the Turtle Dove is no more a fact than that the Wrekin is Mount Ida , or that the Shropshire gentry dwell on the top of it to represent the ...
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... DOVE , 218 . LUMACHELLE PIGEONS , 197 . MAHOMET'S DOVE , 23 . MARABOUS , 315 . MARRAM BANKS , 328 . MATCHES - Pigeon shooting , 168 ; at Paris , 171 . MIGRATIONS of Quails , partial , 381 . MOAS of New Zealand , 364 . MOORE'S Ode to a Dove ...
... DOVE , 218 . LUMACHELLE PIGEONS , 197 . MAHOMET'S DOVE , 23 . MARABOUS , 315 . MARRAM BANKS , 328 . MATCHES - Pigeon shooting , 168 ; at Paris , 171 . MIGRATIONS of Quails , partial , 381 . MOAS of New Zealand , 364 . MOORE'S Ode to a Dove ...
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ancient animals appear Archangel Pigeons Australian aviary beak beautiful bill birds Bittern Blue Rock bred breed Buffon cage called captivity Carrier Pigeons Chaonia CHAP chick cock Collared Turtle colour Columba Columbida common creatures Curassows curious domestic Pigeons domesticable Dovecotes Dovehouse Pigeon Doves eggs Emeu England fanciers Fancy Pigeons Fantail feathers feed feet female fish flesh flight flocks fowls frequently garden give ground Guans Gulls habits hatched head Heron kind Kingfishers Knowsley legs less living male mate native natural naturalists neck nest never observed Ortolan pair parents peculiar Pigeon-house plumage poultry Quail race reared resembles respecting Rock Dove Rock Pigeon Runts season seen soon sort species specimens Stork suppose tail Temminck tion Treatise Tumblers Turbit Turkey usual Water Hen wild wings young birds young Pigeons Zoological