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 78
... race as different from them as they are from each other . Proofs of this transmutation are as much wanted , as they are of the chemist's solitary experiment , till it is repeated . We demand , therefore , to have the Zoological ...
... race as different from them as they are from each other . Proofs of this transmutation are as much wanted , as they are of the chemist's solitary experiment , till it is repeated . We demand , therefore , to have the Zoological ...
Page 136
... races took place , from St. Sebastian , in Spain , to Vervier . The distance would be about 600 miles . Two hundred trained Pigeons , of the best breed in the world , were sent to St. Sebastian , and only 70 returned . In another race ...
... races took place , from St. Sebastian , in Spain , to Vervier . The distance would be about 600 miles . Two hundred trained Pigeons , of the best breed in the world , were sent to St. Sebastian , and only 70 returned . In another race ...
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... race barely been propagated and kept going on as a curiosity and a show ? Similar questions might be asked ... races , whose companionship is almost necessary to his comfort , sometimes even to his existence ; and it is argued from these ...
... race barely been propagated and kept going on as a curiosity and a show ? Similar questions might be asked ... races , whose companionship is almost necessary to his comfort , sometimes even to his existence ; and it is argued from these ...
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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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