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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... creatures . There can scarcely be a doubt that many of the appendages to the plumage of birds , not to say a word about brilliant colours , are given not for any use , or to serve the performance of any function in the economy of the ...
... creatures . There can scarcely be a doubt that many of the appendages to the plumage of birds , not to say a word about brilliant colours , are given not for any use , or to serve the performance of any function in the economy of the ...
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... creatures we may see , with a glance , the Providential wisdom of the Almighty in Creation , exemplified by the different degrees of de- velopment of different organs in various creatures , in the earliest stages of their existence ...
... creatures we may see , with a glance , the Providential wisdom of the Almighty in Creation , exemplified by the different degrees of de- velopment of different organs in various creatures , in the earliest stages of their existence ...
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... creatures ( though spiritually inferior , yet formed of the same ele- mentary materials and animated by similar mysterious vital forces ) is improbable , from the unlikelihood that one creature should exert so vast an influence on the ...
... creatures ( though spiritually inferior , yet formed of the same ele- mentary materials and animated by similar mysterious vital forces ) is improbable , from the unlikelihood that one creature should exert so vast an influence on the ...
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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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