Birds, Their Cages and Their Keep: Being a Practical Manual of Bird-keeping and Bird-rearingMacmillan and Company, 1874 - 177 من الصفحات |
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... appearance . A few hints from one who has carefully studied the subject may be of service to you in making the selection of your purchase . Let the destined occupants be your principal consider- ation - their welfare , number , size ...
... appearance . A few hints from one who has carefully studied the subject may be of service to you in making the selection of your purchase . Let the destined occupants be your principal consider- ation - their welfare , number , size ...
الصفحة 32
... appearance of his plumage , the colour of his . eyes , beak , and legs , and last , though not least , by his liveliness or otherwise . The eyes , beak , and legs must be decidedly bright and clear . The plumage does not usually suffer ...
... appearance of his plumage , the colour of his . eyes , beak , and legs , and last , though not least , by his liveliness or otherwise . The eyes , beak , and legs must be decidedly bright and clear . The plumage does not usually suffer ...
الصفحة 48
... appearance . In health it is of the same colour as the surrounding skin . When the tail droops downward , the plumage is rough and touzled , and the bird is always pecking it , manifesting difficulty , " then blow up the feathers above ...
... appearance . In health it is of the same colour as the surrounding skin . When the tail droops downward , the plumage is rough and touzled , and the bird is always pecking it , manifesting difficulty , " then blow up the feathers above ...
الصفحة 54
... appearance of raw spots in the bird's body , and the shedding of his feathers ( as when moulting ) betrays their presence . Red mites remain hidden all day , only emerging at night , when the approach of a light makes them beat a hasty ...
... appearance of raw spots in the bird's body , and the shedding of his feathers ( as when moulting ) betrays their presence . Red mites remain hidden all day , only emerging at night , when the approach of a light makes them beat a hasty ...
الصفحة 68
... appearance at a later hour . Scru- pulous attention must be paid that the soft food given to the chicks be always sweet , as the slightest suspicion of sourness will be fatal to the fledglings . Some authorities recommend the use of ...
... appearance at a later hour . Scru- pulous attention must be paid that the soft food given to the chicks be always sweet , as the slightest suspicion of sourness will be fatal to the fledglings . Some authorities recommend the use of ...
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الصفحة 48 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
الصفحة 14 - THE FAIRY BOOK ; the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered anew by the Author of
الصفحة 29 - Norton. — Works by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON : — THE LADY OF LA GARAYE. With Vignette and Frontispiece. New Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 4*.
الصفحة 29 - Nine Years Old.— By the Author of "St. Olave's," "When I was a Little Girl," &c. Illustrated by FROLICH. Third Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth gilt. $s. 6d. It is believed that this story, by the favourably known author of " St. Olave's," will be found both highly interesting and instructive to the young.
الصفحة 2 - FJiofs style. . . . Her stories could not be other than they are, as literal as truth, as romantic as fiction, full of pathetic touches and strokes of genuine humour. . . . All the stories are studies of actual life, executed with no mean art.