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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... nests , which sometimes breaks a leg , and very often lames them , and also gives them a chance of being fed by other Pigeons , as well as their parents , which frequently happens . In every nest should be placed a straw basket , or ...
... nests , which sometimes breaks a leg , and very often lames them , and also gives them a chance of being fed by other Pigeons , as well as their parents , which frequently happens . In every nest should be placed a straw basket , or ...
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... nest , so that we had opportunities for watching their natural propensities , untaught by the parent birds . King- fishers were also brought up and kept by me with the other birds , and in fact one nest of Kingfishers was confined , in ...
... nest , so that we had opportunities for watching their natural propensities , untaught by the parent birds . King- fishers were also brought up and kept by me with the other birds , and in fact one nest of Kingfishers was confined , in ...
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... nest joins , forming a not unmusical chorus . " I have had as many as seven young birds in one nest , all of which I have brought up and kept until the following spring , when battles ensue amongst them , which are kept up incessantly ...
... nest joins , forming a not unmusical chorus . " I have had as many as seven young birds in one nest , all of which I have brought up and kept until the following spring , when battles ensue amongst them , which are kept up incessantly ...
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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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