Our Domestic Fowls1799 - 16 pages |
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... less remote period , it may appear somewhat strange at first , that we find no distinct allusion to any domestic creatures of the feathered race , though at a distant date , as paintings abund- antly prove , numbers of geese and ducks ...
... less remote period , it may appear somewhat strange at first , that we find no distinct allusion to any domestic creatures of the feathered race , though at a distant date , as paintings abund- antly prove , numbers of geese and ducks ...
Page 23
... less dissolved by the action of the gastric juice . In other experi- ments , he found that metallic tubes introduced at the gizzard of common fowls and turkeys , were bruised , crushed , and distorted , and even that sharp - cutting ...
... less dissolved by the action of the gastric juice . In other experi- ments , he found that metallic tubes introduced at the gizzard of common fowls and turkeys , were bruised , crushed , and distorted , and even that sharp - cutting ...
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... less in size . The wild hen would appear to sit on a much smaller number of eggs than the domes- tic , as colonel Sykes shot a hen upon her nest , in which were only three eggs , and the process of incubation had evidently commenced ...
... less in size . The wild hen would appear to sit on a much smaller number of eggs than the domes- tic , as colonel Sykes shot a hen upon her nest , in which were only three eggs , and the process of incubation had evidently commenced ...
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... less so has it been in England . The practice was not im- probably introduced into our island by the Romans , when they established here their language and their customs . Be this as it may , it is only within this last few years that ...
... less so has it been in England . The practice was not im- probably introduced into our island by the Romans , when they established here their language and their customs . Be this as it may , it is only within this last few years that ...
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... less injured , and some killed on the spot , from fighting among themselves . Of the bantam breeds , one is game , and resembles the game fowl , excepting in size ; another breed is feathered to the very toes , the feathers on the tarsi ...
... less injured , and some killed on the spot , from fighting among themselves . Of the bantam breeds , one is game , and resembles the game fowl , excepting in size ; another breed is feathered to the very toes , the feathers on the tarsi ...
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abundance Africa America ancient animals Anser appears Asia bantam beak beauty Bewick's swan birds breed brood called Canada goose carrier pigeon chick chickens cock colonel Sykes colour comb common fowl crop curd cygnus domestic bird domestic fowl domestic goose domestic pigeon domestic turkey dove-cote dove's dung duck Dukhun eggs Egypt Egyptian goose Egyptians England Europe eyes farm-yard female flesh flocks gallinaceous gallinaceous birds Gallus geese goose grain green ground guinea-fowl habits hatched head incubation India insects island Java Kazeroon known larvæ legs male mandible musk duck native neck nest notice numbers observed ordinary pea-fowl peacock Persia pheasant plucking plumage plumes poulterer powers of flight quill feathers race reared remarkable respect rock-dove Romans roost says season seen skin Sonnerat's species specimens spread strut Sumatra swan tail Temminck tion trees tumbler variety wattles wild turkey windpipe wings young Zool Zoological Society
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Page 89 - Canada, and the now densely peopled parts of the United States, wild turkeys were formerly very abundant ; but, like the Indian and 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...
Page 96 - The mother will not leave her eggs, when near hatching, under any circumstances, while life remains. She will even allow an enclosure to be made around her, and thus suffer imprisonment, rather than abandon them. I once witnessed the hatching of a brood of Turkeys, which I watched for the purpose of securing them together with the parent. I concealed myself on the ground within a very few feet, and saw her raise herself half the length of her legs, look anxiously upon the eggs, cluck with a sound...
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