The American Poultry Yard: Comprising the Origin, History, and Description of the Different Breeds of Domestic Poultry ...C. M. Saxton, 1850 - 322 sidor |
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... and humanity may even yet do something to extend a merciful and forbearing conduct toward existing animals . But the common hen has one peculiar habit , which would alone ensure the destruction of her progeny in an 10 THE DOMESTIC FOWL .
... and humanity may even yet do something to extend a merciful and forbearing conduct toward existing animals . But the common hen has one peculiar habit , which would alone ensure the destruction of her progeny in an 10 THE DOMESTIC FOWL .
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... common cock , ( Gallus gallinaceus , ) would at first sight appear to have received one or two remark- able changes of form subsequent to its having been saved from annihilation by becoming dependent on the care of man , if we can ...
... common cock , ( Gallus gallinaceus , ) would at first sight appear to have received one or two remark- able changes of form subsequent to its having been saved from annihilation by becoming dependent on the care of man , if we can ...
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... common country hen , all white , and with a crest like that of a lark , " a very useful com- parison that will serve to distinguish such - like from the Polish fowls ; the other , what he calls the Paduan , evidently a variety of the ...
... common country hen , all white , and with a crest like that of a lark , " a very useful com- parison that will serve to distinguish such - like from the Polish fowls ; the other , what he calls the Paduan , evidently a variety of the ...
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... common pigeon ; their plumage is brown , or rufous . " In a domestic state , next to the dog , the fowl has been the most constant attendant upon man in his migrations and his occupation of strange lands . The carniverous THE DOMESTIC ...
... common pigeon ; their plumage is brown , or rufous . " In a domestic state , next to the dog , the fowl has been the most constant attendant upon man in his migrations and his occupation of strange lands . The carniverous THE DOMESTIC ...
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... common cock and hen . They are numer- ous at Easter Island , where they are the only domes- tic animals ; they are likewise in great plenty in the Society Isles and Friendly Isles , at which last place they are of a prodigious size ...
... common cock and hen . They are numer- ous at Easter Island , where they are the only domes- tic animals ; they are likewise in great plenty in the Society Isles and Friendly Isles , at which last place they are of a prodigious size ...
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Sida 6 - ... in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low...
Sida 6 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
Sida 14 - When thou hidest thy face they are troubled : when thou takest away their breath they die, and are turned again to their dust.
Sida 311 - But the master soon recollecting that so many eggs are worth a dollar or a crown, casts his eye towards the rock, marks the day in his memory and gives orders to depart. The light breeze enables them to reach another...
Sida 230 - Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea. Meanwhile the tepid caves, and fens, and shores, Their brood as numerous hatch from the egg, that soon Bursting with kindly rupture forth disclosed Their callow young ; but feathered soon and fledge, They summed their pens, and soaring the...
Sida 182 - And I speak within bounds when I assert, that there could not be less than twelve or fifteen hundred pea-fowls, of various sizes, within sight of the spot where I stood for near an hour.
Sida 230 - The earth obeyed, and straight Opening her fertile womb teemed at a birth Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown: out of the ground up rose As from his lair the wild beast where he wons In" forest wild, in thicket, brake, or den...
Sida 180 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Sida 150 - Indian buffalo, they have been compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek refuge in the remotest parts of the interior. Although they relinquish their native soil with slow and reluctant steps, yet such is the rapidity with which settlements are extended and condensed over the surface of this country, that we may anticipate a day, at no distant period, when the hunter will seek the wild turkey in vain.
Sida 144 - ... proceed rapidly towards the shore: on approaching which, should they find it too steep for landing, they cease their exertions for a few moments, float down the stream until they come to an accessible part, and' by a violent effort generally extricate themselves from the water. It is remarkable, that immediately after thus crossing a large stream, they ramble about for some time, as if bewildered. In this state they fall an easy prey to the hunter.