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 61
... male birds at least has been somewhat exaggerated ; for they were seen in the fact of yielding to the blandishments of the independent spinsters . But the two eggs of the Pigeon produce one male and one female chick in so nearly an ...
... male birds at least has been somewhat exaggerated ; for they were seen in the fact of yielding to the blandishments of the independent spinsters . But the two eggs of the Pigeon produce one male and one female chick in so nearly an ...
Page 88
... male , and the half - bred of male Fantail parentage . In cross - bred Pigeons , as far as my own observations have gone , the male influ- ence is nearly paramount . Similar facts have also oc- curred in the much larger experience of ...
... male , and the half - bred of male Fantail parentage . In cross - bred Pigeons , as far as my own observations have gone , the male influ- ence is nearly paramount . Similar facts have also oc- curred in the much larger experience of ...
Page 107
... male parent , or Rock Dove , with scarcely a trace of the ma- ternal plumage . Instances sometimes occur of sterile males among Turbits ; a fact which may have led Tem- minck to suppose that these birds entertain some general aversion ...
... male parent , or Rock Dove , with scarcely a trace of the ma- ternal plumage . Instances sometimes occur of sterile males among Turbits ; a fact which may have led Tem- minck to suppose that these birds entertain some general aversion ...
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