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 109
... chick . The second egg , being clear or unfertilised , had been taken away from them some days previously . The egg producing this chick had been cracked three or four days before hatching , by a blow from the Owl's wing , given in ...
... chick . The second egg , being clear or unfertilised , had been taken away from them some days previously . The egg producing this chick had been cracked three or four days before hatching , by a blow from the Owl's wing , given in ...
Page 110
... chick of a common hen , at the end of a month from hatching , is very far indeed from equalling its mother in weight ; but in the case of Pigeons , we have the enormous increment of growth from half an ounce to twelve ounces and a ...
... chick of a common hen , at the end of a month from hatching , is very far indeed from equalling its mother in weight ; but in the case of Pigeons , we have the enormous increment of growth from half an ounce to twelve ounces and a ...
Page 273
... CHICK OF GUAN . 273 the bad weather which had occurred in that part of Eng- land . There is one great peculiarity ... chick of the Penelope super- ciliaris hatched at Knowsley . JACKS Chick of Guan . T CHAPTER III . THE CRESTED TURKEY ...
... CHICK OF GUAN . 273 the bad weather which had occurred in that part of Eng- land . There is one great peculiarity ... chick of the Penelope super- ciliaris hatched at Knowsley . JACKS Chick of Guan . T CHAPTER III . THE CRESTED TURKEY ...
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The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of ... Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2018 |
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