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 77
... pass as a matter of course . Temminck's aversion to the task of disentangling do- mesticated species , led him to lean in these matters far too much on the guidance of such men as Buffon , Oli- vier de Serres , and Parmentier . The ...
... pass as a matter of course . Temminck's aversion to the task of disentangling do- mesticated species , led him to lean in these matters far too much on the guidance of such men as Buffon , Oli- vier de Serres , and Parmentier . The ...
Page 207
... pass with great ease , and in a short time , over a vast extent of country ; this * Captain Sturt . + Sir T. Mitchell's Expedition into Tropical Australia , p . 323 . great power of flight is also a highly necessary qualifica-
... pass with great ease , and in a short time , over a vast extent of country ; this * Captain Sturt . + Sir T. Mitchell's Expedition into Tropical Australia , p . 323 . great power of flight is also a highly necessary qualifica-
Page 314
... pass from the birds to the fishes . " How pass ? Change the feathered fowl itself to a scaly swimmer ? modify lungs into gills , flappers into fins ? Beautiful imagina- tions ! —perhaps unreasonable talk . in each a common adaptation to ...
... pass from the birds to the fishes . " How pass ? Change the feathered fowl itself to a scaly swimmer ? modify lungs into gills , flappers into fins ? Beautiful imagina- tions ! —perhaps unreasonable talk . in each a common adaptation to ...
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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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ancient animals appear Archangel Pigeons Australian aviary beak beautiful bill birds Bittern Blue Rock bred breed Buffon cage called captivity Carrier Pigeons Chaonia CHAP chick cock Collared Turtle colour Columba Columbida common creatures Curassows curious domestic Pigeons domesticable Dovecotes Dovehouse Pigeon Doves eggs Emeu England fanciers Fancy Pigeons Fantail feathers feed feet female fish flesh flight flocks fowls frequently garden give ground Guans Gulls habits hatched head Heron kind Kingfishers Knowsley legs less living male mate native natural naturalists neck nest never observed Ortolan pair parents peculiar Pigeon-house plumage poultry Quail race reared resembles respecting Rock Dove Rock Pigeon Runts season seen soon sort species specimens Stork suppose tail Temminck tion Treatise Tumblers Turbit Turkey usual Water Hen wild wings young birds young Pigeons Zoological