| 1827 - 442 páginas
...pigeons in one flock ; and as every pigeon consumes fully half a pint of food per day, the quantity must be eight millions seven hundred and twelve thousand bushels per day which is required to feed such a flock. As soon as these birds discover a sufficiency of food to entice... | |
| 1827 - 624 páginas
...pigeons in one flock ; and as every pigeon consumes fully half a pint of food per day, the quantity must be eight millions seven hundred and twelve thousand bushels per day which is required to feed such a flock. As soon as these birds discover a sufficiency of food to entice... | |
| 1828 - 472 páginas
...pigeons in one flock ; and as every pigeon consumes full half a pint of food per day, the quantity must be eight millions, seven hundred and twelve thousand bushels per day, which is required to feed such a flock. As soon as these hirds discover a sufficiency of food to entice... | |
| 1828 - 488 páginas
...pigeons in one flock ; and as every pigeon consumes fully half a pint of food per day, the quantity must be eight millions seven hundred and twelve thousand bushels per day which is required to feed such a flock. As soon as these birds discover a sufficiency of food to entice... | |
| 1830 - 614 páginas
...pigeons in one flock : and as every pigeon consumes fully half a pint of food per day, the quantity must be eight millions seven hundred and twelve thousand bushels per day, which is required to feed such a flock. As soon as these birds discover a sufficiency of food to entice... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 392 páginas
...hundred and thirty-six thousand pigeons in one flock : and, as every pigeon consumes fully half a pint per day, the quantity required to feed, such a flock...suddenly, there burst forth a general cry of, ' Here they come !' The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea, passing... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 760 páginas
...thirty-six thousand pigeons in one flock : and, as every pigeon consumes fully half a pint per day, th« quantity required to feed such a flock must be eight...suddenly, there burst forth a general cry of, ' Here they come !' The noise which 'key made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard -'ale at sea, passing... | |
| Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 páginas
...others with torches of pine-knots, many with poles, and the rest with guns double and treble charged. The sun was lost to our view, yet not a Pigeon had yet arrived,—but all of a sudden I heard a general cry of ' Here they come!' The noise which they... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 páginas
...Pigeons in one flock ; and as every Pigeon consumes fully half a pint of food per day, the quantity must be eight millions seven hundred and twelve thousand bushels per day, which is required to feed such a flock. " As soon as these birds discover a sufficiency of food to... | |
| Alexander Wilson - 1832 - 472 páginas
...hundred and thirty-six thousand Pigeons in one flock : and, as every Pigeon consumes fully half a pint per day, the quantity required to feed such a flock,...seven hundred and twelve thousand bushels per day." The accounts of their roosting places are as remarkable : — " Let us now, kind reader, inspect their... | |
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