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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... probably from some obscure rumour of this event , has generally been the emblem of peace ; but , what is curious , we hear that in countries where scarcely the remotest tradition can have penetrated , a like token is similarly ...
... probably from some obscure rumour of this event , has generally been the emblem of peace ; but , what is curious , we hear that in countries where scarcely the remotest tradition can have penetrated , a like token is similarly ...
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... probably pass through the vestibule B when they first bring in straws for a nest , and deposit them in one of the chambers , as c : when the young are a fortnight or three weeks old , the hen will probably leave them mostly to the care ...
... probably pass through the vestibule B when they first bring in straws for a nest , and deposit them in one of the chambers , as c : when the young are a fortnight or three weeks old , the hen will probably leave them mostly to the care ...
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... probably survive them . A lady residing near Cork had , in 1849 , a bird of equal age with this . A communication with which she has favoured me will show exactly with what amount of truth the term " domestic " is applied to the ...
... probably survive them . A lady residing near Cork had , in 1849 , a bird of equal age with this . A communication with which she has favoured me will show exactly with what amount of truth the term " domestic " is applied to the ...
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