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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... Fancy Pigeons are cultivated in great variety . I knew one person in New York , and another in Brooklyn , who had large collections . The Carrier was employed there extensively before the in- troduction of the electric telegraph , and I ...
... Fancy Pigeons are cultivated in great variety . I knew one person in New York , and another in Brooklyn , who had large collections . The Carrier was employed there extensively before the in- troduction of the electric telegraph , and I ...
Page 74
... fancy breeds of Bees , in the same way that we are supposed to have originated fancy breeds of Pigeons ? It is true that in all modern works on Ornithology which we have read , it is taken for granted , without in- quiry , as an ...
... fancy breeds of Bees , in the same way that we are supposed to have originated fancy breeds of Pigeons ? It is true that in all modern works on Ornithology which we have read , it is taken for granted , without in- quiry , as an ...
Page 160
... Fancy Pigeons the habits of the Blue Rocks , and vice versâ , and so proving the question by arguing from imaginary pre- mises . Thus Temminck , to prove the original identity of the above - mentioned birds , says " Our Dovehouse ...
... Fancy Pigeons the habits of the Blue Rocks , and vice versâ , and so proving the question by arguing from imaginary pre- mises . Thus Temminck , to prove the original identity of the above - mentioned birds , says " Our Dovehouse ...
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