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... CAGE - BIRDS IN GENERAL . What the Author under- stands the term " Stubenvögel , " to mean . - Importance of being able to distinguish between male and female , varieties of colour , & c . - Number of species comparatively small ...
... CAGE - BIRDS IN GENERAL . What the Author under- stands the term " Stubenvögel , " to mean . - Importance of being able to distinguish between male and female , varieties of colour , & c . - Number of species comparatively small ...
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... Cage - Birds , on what it depends.— Satisfactory data . — Why Birds live longer than the Mammalia ... SECTION 8. BIRD - CATCHING . The Fowler's essentials of success . -Methods and calls . - General directions . - Periods of least ...
... Cage - Birds , on what it depends.— Satisfactory data . — Why Birds live longer than the Mammalia ... SECTION 8. BIRD - CATCHING . The Fowler's essentials of success . -Methods and calls . - General directions . - Periods of least ...
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... CAGE - BIRDS IN GENERAL . By the term Cage - birds , * I understand such as amateurs usually keep in confinement , for the sake of their beautiful plumage , their agreeable song , their lively disposition , or from the desire of ...
... CAGE - BIRDS IN GENERAL . By the term Cage - birds , * I understand such as amateurs usually keep in confinement , for the sake of their beautiful plumage , their agreeable song , their lively disposition , or from the desire of ...
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Cage and Chamber-birds; Their Natural History, Habits, Food, Diseases ... J M Bechstein,H G Adams No preview available - 2023 |
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Page 312 - To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! — that love-prompted strain — 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond — Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain: Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to sing All independent of the leafy spring.
Page 312 - ... and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air, about his ministries here below.