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 94
... Italian , Tronfo and Asturnellato ; in English , a Runt ; a name ( as I suppose ) corrupted from the Italian Tronfo : though , to say the truth , what this Italian word Tronfo signifies , and consequently why this kind of Pigeon is so ...
... Italian , Tronfo and Asturnellato ; in English , a Runt ; a name ( as I suppose ) corrupted from the Italian Tronfo : though , to say the truth , what this Italian word Tronfo signifies , and consequently why this kind of Pigeon is so ...
Page 96
... Italy have noticed , with retrospective relish , the size and flavour of these excel- lent birds . We remember once at Montefiascone having complained ( not very angrily ) of a dinner - bill , which seemed to amount to more pauls than ...
... Italy have noticed , with retrospective relish , the size and flavour of these excel- lent birds . We remember once at Montefiascone having complained ( not very angrily ) of a dinner - bill , which seemed to amount to more pauls than ...
Page 339
... Italy , that when a certain serpent , creeping to a Stork's nest , had devoured their young , and again had similarly destroyed the pro- geny of the following year , the Storks , on their return the third year , brought with them a new ...
... Italy , that when a certain serpent , creeping to a Stork's nest , had devoured their young , and again had similarly destroyed the pro- geny of the following year , the Storks , on their return the third year , brought with them a new ...
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