A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 5R. Wright, 1825 |
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Page 146
... eagle or the falcon , they form a desert in the air around them . In this manner the summer is passed in plundering the neighbourhood , and rearing up their young ; every day adds to their numbers ; and from their strength , agility ...
... eagle or the falcon , they form a desert in the air around them . In this manner the summer is passed in plundering the neighbourhood , and rearing up their young ; every day adds to their numbers ; and from their strength , agility ...
Page 226
... eagle , 247. The most formidable birds of prey respect the butcher - bird , 275. The digestion of such as live upon mice , lizards , or the like food , not very perfect , 280. Father Kircher set the voices of birds to music , 281 ...
... eagle , 247. The most formidable birds of prey respect the butcher - bird , 275. The digestion of such as live upon mice , lizards , or the like food , not very perfect , 280. Father Kircher set the voices of birds to music , 281 ...
Page 247
... eagle , all the qualities that render it formidable to the feathered kind , to beasts , and to man himself ; is ... eagles would a hare or a rabbit ; and that their sight is piercing , and their air terrible ; that INDEX . 247.
... eagle , all the qualities that render it formidable to the feathered kind , to beasts , and to man himself ; is ... eagles would a hare or a rabbit ; and that their sight is piercing , and their air terrible ; that INDEX . 247.
Page 261
... Eagle kind , the flap of an eagle's wing known to lay a man dead in an instant , iii . 199. It flies at the bustard or the pheasant , 242. Distinctive marks from the other kinds of carnivorous birds , 251. The golden eagle is the ...
... Eagle kind , the flap of an eagle's wing known to lay a man dead in an instant , iii . 199. It flies at the bustard or the pheasant , 242. Distinctive marks from the other kinds of carnivorous birds , 251. The golden eagle is the ...
Page 262
... eagles killed a peasant who had robbed their nests : there is a law in the Orkney Islands , which entitles any person that kills an eagle to a hen out of every house in the parish in which the plunderer is killed : the nest of the eagle ...
... eagles killed a peasant who had robbed their nests : there is a law in the Orkney Islands , which entitles any person that kills an eagle to a hen out of every house in the parish in which the plunderer is killed : the nest of the eagle ...
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