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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... taken two from the same nest , and reared them . A curious change of habits has taken place in England in those Pigeons which I presented to the Earl of Derby in 1830 , that nobleman having assured me that ever since they began breeding ...
... taken two from the same nest , and reared them . A curious change of habits has taken place in England in those Pigeons which I presented to the Earl of Derby in 1830 , that nobleman having assured me that ever since they began breeding ...
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... taken for granted , without in- quiry , as an acknowledged fact which does not admit of doubt , that our Fancy Pigeons are all derived , by the transmuting effects of domestication , from the Rock Dove . Now no one need doubt that one ...
... taken for granted , without in- quiry , as an acknowledged fact which does not admit of doubt , that our Fancy Pigeons are all derived , by the transmuting effects of domestication , from the Rock Dove . Now no one need doubt that one ...
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... taken not to select them of glaring colours , for the rest will not easily associate with them . Carriers seem to be kept as Dovehouse Pigeons in the East , and the Blue Rocks would in England answer as letter - carriers better than ...
... taken not to select them of glaring colours , for the rest will not easily associate with them . Carriers seem to be kept as Dovehouse Pigeons in the East , and the Blue Rocks would in England answer as letter - carriers better than ...
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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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