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 103
... parents , unknown . JACOBINE , Ruffled Jack , Ruff , Pigeon carme , Co- lumba cucullata , and Capuchin , are names all appli- cable to the same type of bird , however bred or crossed , and all derived from some reference to ...
... parents , unknown . JACOBINE , Ruffled Jack , Ruff , Pigeon carme , Co- lumba cucullata , and Capuchin , are names all appli- cable to the same type of bird , however bred or crossed , and all derived from some reference to ...
Page 110
... parent , was only 11 oz .; so that , in about a month , its own young one had exceeded it in weight . It takes many quadrupeds several years to attain the bulk of their parents ; the chick of a common hen , at the end of a month from ...
... parent , was only 11 oz .; so that , in about a month , its own young one had exceeded it in weight . It takes many quadrupeds several years to attain the bulk of their parents ; the chick of a common hen , at the end of a month from ...
Page 180
... parent birds for nutriment ; which action , like most functions of necessity , is a pleasure to the giver as well as to ... parents turn him adrift to form other friendships for himself , as they then have done with him . " 6 CHAP . V ...
... parent birds for nutriment ; which action , like most functions of necessity , is a pleasure to the giver as well as to ... parents turn him adrift to form other friendships for himself , as they then have done with him . " 6 CHAP . V ...
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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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