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... pair , or of depriving my children of strawberries . A friend , who has been well acquainted with their habits for years , informs me , as the result of his experience , that their cunning is such , that , if frequently driven away from ...
... pair , or of depriving my children of strawberries . A friend , who has been well acquainted with their habits for years , informs me , as the result of his experience , that their cunning is such , that , if frequently driven away from ...
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... pair , a high price certainly , but not more than a pair of very rare birds , such as the Ocellated Turkey , or the Apteryx , alive and in health , would fetch now in England , at the first bidding . The remarkable point in this account ...
... pair , a high price certainly , but not more than a pair of very rare birds , such as the Ocellated Turkey , or the Apteryx , alive and in health , would fetch now in England , at the first bidding . The remarkable point in this account ...
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... pair of Swans and their annual brood of Cygnets , on inclosed or artificial waters , if they knew but how to order them aright . Imprimis , then , they are called " Tame Swans , ' " Domestic Swans : never were epithets more inappro ...
... pair of Swans and their annual brood of Cygnets , on inclosed or artificial waters , if they knew but how to order them aright . Imprimis , then , they are called " Tame Swans , ' " Domestic Swans : never were epithets more inappro ...
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... pair of unmutilated Swans cleaving the air with extended pinions . He evidently takes the Swan to be a domesticated bird , and that it will not fly away , instead of that it cannot . Listen to this : — “ I have never kept Swans myself ...
... pair of unmutilated Swans cleaving the air with extended pinions . He evidently takes the Swan to be a domesticated bird , and that it will not fly away , instead of that it cannot . Listen to this : — “ I have never kept Swans myself ...
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... pair , the great thing is to make sure of having two birds of opposite sexes . Two cock - birds will not live together , and their mutual aversion would soon show that all was not right ; but two hens will - which is the case also with ...
... pair , the great thing is to make sure of having two birds of opposite sexes . Two cock - birds will not live together , and their mutual aversion would soon show that all was not right ; but two hens will - which is the case also with ...
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Ornamental and Domestic Poultry: Their History and Management Edmund Saul Dixon No preview available - 2015 |
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