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 245
... Guans at the Surrey Gardens . - Their native habits and diet . - Our own mishaps . -Troublesome tameness of the birds . - Tricks and dangers . - Impudence and capriciousness . - Possible profitableness ! -Narrative of a coadjutor ...
... Guans at the Surrey Gardens . - Their native habits and diet . - Our own mishaps . -Troublesome tameness of the birds . - Tricks and dangers . - Impudence and capriciousness . - Possible profitableness ! -Narrative of a coadjutor ...
Page 265
... Guans should think of a subsequent stanza : — " It had been better of William à Trent To have beene abede with sorrowe , Than to be that day in the green wood shade , To mete with Little John's arrowe . " And so we are , at last and ...
... Guans should think of a subsequent stanza : — " It had been better of William à Trent To have beene abede with sorrowe , Than to be that day in the green wood shade , To mete with Little John's arrowe . " And so we are , at last and ...
Page 455
... GUANS , 245 ; can they be domesti- cated in England ? 251 , 256 ; reared in Holland , 254 ; repeated attempts to rear them in England , 258 , 266 ; at Knowsley , 255 ; at the Zoological Gardens , 261 ; food , 262 , 271 ; habits , 263 ...
... GUANS , 245 ; can they be domesti- cated in England ? 251 , 256 ; reared in Holland , 254 ; repeated attempts to rear them in England , 258 , 266 ; at Knowsley , 255 ; at the Zoological Gardens , 261 ; food , 262 , 271 ; habits , 263 ...
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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