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... developed . In three days they will fly up and perch upon any thing three feet high ; in a fortnight they will roost on trees or the tops of sheds , and at a month or six weeks you would see them on the ridge of a barn , if 6 PEA - FOWL .
... developed . In three days they will fly up and perch upon any thing three feet high ; in a fortnight they will roost on trees or the tops of sheds , and at a month or six weeks you would see them on the ridge of a barn , if 6 PEA - FOWL .
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... feet , and so on . Its superb beauty is undeniable and acknowledged ; and , to borrow an apt metaphor , we do not wish , in the pre- sent volume , to thresh straw that has been thrice threshed before , to repeat how lovely the Swan is ...
... feet , and so on . Its superb beauty is undeniable and acknowledged ; and , to borrow an apt metaphor , we do not wish , in the pre- sent volume , to thresh straw that has been thrice threshed before , to repeat how lovely the Swan is ...
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... feet being some- times slit , to retard it in its unkind chase after other water - fowl . For those to whom amount of purchase- money is of little importance , there is the Black Swan , a creature of much gentler manners , less in size ...
... feet being some- times slit , to retard it in its unkind chase after other water - fowl . For those to whom amount of purchase- money is of little importance , there is the Black Swan , a creature of much gentler manners , less in size ...
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... feet , show that minute but nutritious particles may thence be extracted . As hunger is satisfied and weariness comes on , the mother will sink in the stream till her back becomes an easy landing - place , and the nurslings are thus ...
... feet , show that minute but nutritious particles may thence be extracted . As hunger is satisfied and weariness comes on , the mother will sink in the stream till her back becomes an easy landing - place , and the nurslings are thus ...
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... feet ; and the Capercali , by an easy importation , has been rescued from extinction in Great Britain . Amongst the living tributaries to the luxury of Man , the Turkey is an example of the results yet to be expected from the exploring ...
... feet ; and the Capercali , by an easy importation , has been rescued from extinction in Great Britain . Amongst the living tributaries to the luxury of Man , the Turkey is an example of the results yet to be expected from the exploring ...
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Ornamental and Domestic Poultry: Their History and Management Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2015 |
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