Our Domestic FowlsReligious tract society, 1899 - 192 páginas |
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... brought alive to England , called the Javanese , or Japan peacock . ( Pavo Japonicus Aldr .; Pavo muticus- Linn .; Pavo Javanicus - Horsf . ) This species is a native of Japan , the Birman Empire , Java , and Sumatra . Living specimens ...
... brought alive to England , called the Javanese , or Japan peacock . ( Pavo Japonicus Aldr .; Pavo muticus- Linn .; Pavo Javanicus - Horsf . ) This species is a native of Japan , the Birman Empire , Java , and Sumatra . Living specimens ...
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... ignorance which pre- vailed respecting it . The history of the turkey , indeed , as it respects its introduction into Europe , is almost a blank . When , or by whom it was brought , we do not know : most THE TURKEY . 81 The Turkey.
... ignorance which pre- vailed respecting it . The history of the turkey , indeed , as it respects its introduction into Europe , is almost a blank . When , or by whom it was brought , we do not know : most THE TURKEY . 81 The Turkey.
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... Sykes saw the same species on board ship on the voyage to Eng- land brought from China . Irides , orange , etc. The Dukhun bird differs from the European species in the bill being black , * instead of 122 OUR DOMESTIC FOWLS .
... Sykes saw the same species on board ship on the voyage to Eng- land brought from China . Irides , orange , etc. The Dukhun bird differs from the European species in the bill being black , * instead of 122 OUR DOMESTIC FOWLS .
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