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 98
... give them plenty of hemp - seed , otherwise they will seldom trumpet much , except in the spring , when they are naturally more salacious than usual . " It seems more probable that the Trumpeter took its name from its military air : the ...
... give them plenty of hemp - seed , otherwise they will seldom trumpet much , except in the spring , when they are naturally more salacious than usual . " It seems more probable that the Trumpeter took its name from its military air : the ...
Page 125
... give them now and then a little water , and it will often cure them ; but when you take them out of the stocking , put them in an open basket or coop , giving them but a little meat at a time , or else they will be apt to gorge again ...
... give them now and then a little water , and it will often cure them ; but when you take them out of the stocking , put them in an open basket or coop , giving them but a little meat at a time , or else they will be apt to gorge again ...
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... give to , or provide for , our Tame and Dovehouse Pigeons , that should give rise to such wonderful physical changes ? The Fancy kinds , after we have received them in that character , are indeed confined , over - fed , and kept warm ...
... give to , or provide for , our Tame and Dovehouse Pigeons , that should give rise to such wonderful physical changes ? The Fancy kinds , after we have received them in that character , are indeed confined , over - fed , and kept warm ...
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