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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... seen in the brilliant assemblage of Humming- birds collected by Mr. Gould , and now under the course of illustration by that gentleman , with his usual great artistic and ornithological ability . One , perhaps several , species , in ...
... seen in the brilliant assemblage of Humming- birds collected by Mr. Gould , and now under the course of illustration by that gentleman , with his usual great artistic and ornithological ability . One , perhaps several , species , in ...
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... seen - a solitary bird ; passing us like lightning , it pitched for a moment , and for a moment only , on the plain , about a quarter of a mile from us , and then flew away . It could only have wetted its bill , but Mr. Sturt had marked ...
... seen - a solitary bird ; passing us like lightning , it pitched for a moment , and for a moment only , on the plain , about a quarter of a mile from us , and then flew away . It could only have wetted its bill , but Mr. Sturt had marked ...
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... seen was a dead one , which they had found accidentally ; that they had often endeavoured to snare them , but without success . A man , named George Pauley , now living in Foveaux Straits , told him he had seen the Moa , which he ...
... seen was a dead one , which they had found accidentally ; that they had often endeavoured to snare them , but without success . A man , named George Pauley , now living in Foveaux Straits , told him he had seen the Moa , which he ...
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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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