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 102
... called foul - headed ; or a white feather in her flight , she would be called foul- flighted , & c .; and the same rule stands good in the red - headed or yellow - headed ones ; though the best of them all will sometimes throw a few ...
... called foul - headed ; or a white feather in her flight , she would be called foul- flighted , & c .; and the same rule stands good in the red - headed or yellow - headed ones ; though the best of them all will sometimes throw a few ...
Page 103
... called " toys ; " Tumblers , Powters , and Car- riers being alone considered worthy of the serious attention of fanciers . It is really amusing to read of * " Jacobines , called by the Low Dutch , Cappers , because in the hinder part of ...
... called " toys ; " Tumblers , Powters , and Car- riers being alone considered worthy of the serious attention of fanciers . It is really amusing to read of * " Jacobines , called by the Low Dutch , Cappers , because in the hinder part of ...
Page 388
... called intolerable , if it were not inevitable . Let then some one set the example of clearing them away by the aid of side dishes and third courses . Nothing is better , " says Col. Hawker , p . 432 , than a dish of small birds fried ...
... called intolerable , if it were not inevitable . Let then some one set the example of clearing them away by the aid of side dishes and third courses . Nothing is better , " says Col. Hawker , p . 432 , than a dish of small birds fried ...
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