The Natural History of SelborneD. Appleton, 1899 - 381 pages |
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Page 27
... numbers of snipe bleating on the Norfolk Roads , and I am satisfied that it is made by the rapid vibration of the long feathers of the tail and wings . The sound is only made when the snipe is in NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 27.
... numbers of snipe bleating on the Norfolk Roads , and I am satisfied that it is made by the rapid vibration of the long feathers of the tail and wings . The sound is only made when the snipe is in NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 27.
Page 32
... tail , from the five peculiar crimson tags or points which it carries at the ends of five of the short remiges . It cannot , I suppose , with any propriety , be called an English bird ; and yet I see , by Ray's " Philosophical Letters ...
... tail , from the five peculiar crimson tags or points which it carries at the ends of five of the short remiges . It cannot , I suppose , with any propriety , be called an English bird ; and yet I see , by Ray's " Philosophical Letters ...
Page 36
... tail , they were just two inches and a quarter , and their tails just two inches long . Two of them , in a scale , weighed down just one copper halfpenny , which is about the third of an ounce avoirdupois : so that I suppose they are ...
... tail , they were just two inches and a quarter , and their tails just two inches long . Two of them , in a scale , weighed down just one copper halfpenny , which is about the third of an ounce avoirdupois : so that I suppose they are ...
Page 44
... tail , and no legs ; as soon as the legs sprout , the tail drops off as useless , and the animal betakes itself to the land ! Merret , I trust , is widely mistaken when he advances that the Rana arborea is an English reptile ; it ...
... tail , and no legs ; as soon as the legs sprout , the tail drops off as useless , and the animal betakes itself to the land ! Merret , I trust , is widely mistaken when he advances that the Rana arborea is an English reptile ; it ...
Page 45
... tails , when they change their state and become land animals , as I have observed , by keeping them alive for some time myself . " Linnæus , in his " Systema Naturæ , " hints at what Mr. Ellis advances more than once . Providence has ...
... tails , when they change their state and become land animals , as I have observed , by keeping them alive for some time myself . " Linnæus , in his " Systema Naturæ , " hints at what Mr. Ellis advances more than once . Providence has ...
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