Bird-keeping, by the author of 'Domestic pets'.1869 |
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... attach- ment to its owner , as an anecdote related by Mr. Knox will prove . Two Peregrine Falcons were taken by a Captain Johnson , of the Rifle Brigade , across the Atlantic , and were allowed a flight every day after they were fed ...
... attach- ment to its owner , as an anecdote related by Mr. Knox will prove . Two Peregrine Falcons were taken by a Captain Johnson , of the Rifle Brigade , across the Atlantic , and were allowed a flight every day after they were fed ...
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... attached , that there is no need to multiply proofs of its great sagacity and cunning . Shepherds and gamekeepers wage war against it ; the former with good reason , as they declare that it watches any weakly animal among their flock ...
... attached , that there is no need to multiply proofs of its great sagacity and cunning . Shepherds and gamekeepers wage war against it ; the former with good reason , as they declare that it watches any weakly animal among their flock ...
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... his purpose , that it would seem that he must attach some meaning to it , or at least that he has observed the effect of certain words , and repeats them when he wishes to attain the same object . I 2-2 The Crow Tribe . 19.
... his purpose , that it would seem that he must attach some meaning to it , or at least that he has observed the effect of certain words , and repeats them when he wishes to attain the same object . I 2-2 The Crow Tribe . 19.
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... attached to an inn , who would always steal up to any strange dog that came on the premises , and sud- denly shout in his ear " Halloa ! whose dog are you ? " and before the dog could recover from his surprise , would call Hie ! ho ! go ...
... attached to an inn , who would always steal up to any strange dog that came on the premises , and sud- denly shout in his ear " Halloa ! whose dog are you ? " and before the dog could recover from his surprise , would call Hie ! ho ! go ...
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... attached to their old building - places , and will often continue to return to them even when crowded cities grow up around the trees they frequent . They are said to be very sagacious * The same practice is recorded of the Carrion Crow ...
... attached to their old building - places , and will often continue to return to them even when crowded cities grow up around the trees they frequent . They are said to be very sagacious * The same practice is recorded of the Carrion Crow ...
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Strona 1 - UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE' UNDER the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat; Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...
Strona 7 - ... over the steepest mountains and deepest rivers, and in her glorious career looks with contempt upon those high steeples and magnificent palaces which we adore and wonder at; from which height I can make her to descend by a word from my mouth (which she both knows and obeys), to accept of meat from my hand, to own me for her master, to go home with me, and be willing the next day to afford me the like recreation.
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Strona 82 - moults," — which is generally in July or August, according to the heat of the weather — all you need to do is, to keep him quiet and free from draughts. Being a cheerful, lively bird, there is no need to have him covered up, but do not let him be unduly excited. Give him a very small quantity of raw beef, scraped, and moistened with cold water, once a week ; occasionally, a little yolk of hard-boiled egg; and now and then a piece of sponge-cake, and ripe chickweed in full flower. Nature will...
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Strona 11 - Falco subbuted) are true Falcons, and though but small birds, possess great courage and are of rapid flight. The Merlin was considered a very excellent bird for hawking, and was much used to fly at partridges and other small birds. It is easily tamed and exceedingly docile. An amusing anecdote is told by Mr. Knox of a wild Merlin who was his daily companion while snipe-shooting in Ireland, following him from one marsh to another, and always watching for a wounded bird to which he could give chase...
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