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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 34
Page 116
... beautiful near at hand , they can only look dirt - coloured when seen from any distance . I have had , " boasts the anonymous author of that shamefully , because unthankfully , plagiarised little volume , " I have had some so remarkably ...
... beautiful near at hand , they can only look dirt - coloured when seen from any distance . I have had , " boasts the anonymous author of that shamefully , because unthankfully , plagiarised little volume , " I have had some so remarkably ...
Page 206
... beautiful Pigeon , [ Peristera histrionica , ] on the bill of which some moist clay was adhering ; wherefore we concluded that he had just been drinking at some shallow , but still unexhausted , puddle of water near us : we were ...
... beautiful Pigeon , [ Peristera histrionica , ] on the bill of which some moist clay was adhering ; wherefore we concluded that he had just been drinking at some shallow , but still unexhausted , puddle of water near us : we were ...
Page 211
... beautiful structure , formed of the stalks of a few flowering grasses , crossed and inter- woven after the manner of the other Pigeons . It utters a rather singular note , which at times very much resem- bles the distant crowing of a ...
... beautiful structure , formed of the stalks of a few flowering grasses , crossed and inter- woven after the manner of the other Pigeons . It utters a rather singular note , which at times very much resem- bles the distant crowing of a ...
Other editions - View all
The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of ... Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
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