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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 32
Page 11
... respecting the Dove or Pigeon . The first time it returned with the olive - branch , but without any indication of the state of the earth itself ; but on its second visit to the ark , the red appearance of its feet proved that the red ...
... respecting the Dove or Pigeon . The first time it returned with the olive - branch , but without any indication of the state of the earth itself ; but on its second visit to the ark , the red appearance of its feet proved that the red ...
Page 84
... respecting which they confessedly relied upon other and less acute per- sons , and which they really had not time and leisure , amidst their many herculean tasks , to investigate for themselves . Temminck at least indicates , by many ex ...
... respecting which they confessedly relied upon other and less acute per- sons , and which they really had not time and leisure , amidst their many herculean tasks , to investigate for themselves . Temminck at least indicates , by many ex ...
Page 289
... respecting the feathered inhabitants of this outlandish island , and leaves the reader to judge for himself , " ut quilibet pro arbitratu de ea judicet . " We translate the passage as a curious specimen of middle - aged natural history ...
... respecting the feathered inhabitants of this outlandish island , and leaves the reader to judge for himself , " ut quilibet pro arbitratu de ea judicet . " We translate the passage as a curious specimen of middle - aged natural history ...
Other editions - View all
The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of ... Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
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