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 180
... Birds , ' it is a platform - builder : both male and female assist in the work . The birds sit alternately and assiduously . The cooing of the bird which is not sitting is incessant , and the attention paid to the one on the eggs most ...
... Birds , ' it is a platform - builder : both male and female assist in the work . The birds sit alternately and assiduously . The cooing of the bird which is not sitting is incessant , and the attention paid to the one on the eggs most ...
Page 260
... birds of South America into England than those from the East , although the latter have so much longer a sea voyage to endure . Thus , as one instance out of many , in Robert- son's admirable letters on Paraguay we are told , “ I ...
... birds of South America into England than those from the East , although the latter have so much longer a sea voyage to endure . Thus , as one instance out of many , in Robert- son's admirable letters on Paraguay we are told , “ I ...
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... bird a century or two hence at furthest , unless the refuge of domesticity be offered and accepted , from the past history of the Dinornithes , or Wonder - birds of New Zealand - creatures whose existence has been so marvellously ...
... bird a century or two hence at furthest , unless the refuge of domesticity be offered and accepted , from the past history of the Dinornithes , or Wonder - birds of New Zealand - creatures whose existence has been so marvellously ...
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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