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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... hope for future Emeus . - The refuge of domestication.— Dinornithes , or Wonder Birds . - Their discovery and history.- Adaptation of the various species to their locality in New Zea- land . Their great variety . — Their recent ...
... hope for future Emeus . - The refuge of domestication.— Dinornithes , or Wonder Birds . - Their discovery and history.- Adaptation of the various species to their locality in New Zea- land . Their great variety . — Their recent ...
Page 360
... hope that some Australian aristocrat will arise - no matter whether from the proceeds of the Burra Burra copper - mines , or from the Murrumbidgee golden fleeces , if the fortune be but honestly come by --who will imitate the ...
... hope that some Australian aristocrat will arise - no matter whether from the proceeds of the Burra Burra copper - mines , or from the Murrumbidgee golden fleeces , if the fortune be but honestly come by --who will imitate the ...
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... hope is to be entertained that the Dinornis will one day shelve the Hippopotamus at the Regent's Park . 66 The Professor , when delivering his first oracle in 1843 on the single piece of bone , was willing to risk his reputation on the ...
... hope is to be entertained that the Dinornis will one day shelve the Hippopotamus at the Regent's Park . 66 The Professor , when delivering his first oracle in 1843 on the single piece of bone , was willing to risk his reputation on the ...
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