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An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 5

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Oliver Goldsmith

F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse, in the Strand, 1791

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Of Birds PART I	1

Of the Generation Neftling and Incubation of Birds	20

Of the Divifion of Birds	39

The Oftrich	45

The Emu	59

The Caffowary	62

The Dodo	69

Of Rapacious Birds in General	72

PART II	135

Of the Peacock	153

The Buſtard	171

The Quail	188

SEPA	197

Of the Woodpecker and its Affi	219

The Cuckoo and its Varieties	232

Of the Parrot and its Affinities	238

The Eagle and its Affinities	78

The Condor of America	90

Of the Vulture and its Affinities	96

Of the Falcon Kind and its Affi nities	105

XIII	118

F Birds of the Sparrow Kind	265

Of the Nightingale and other ſoft	290

Of the Swallow and its Affinities	308

CHAP Page	325

Of the Balearic and other foreign Cranes	344

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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 5
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
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Title	An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 5 An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Oliver Goldsmith
Author	Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrated by	Elias Martin, Benjamin West, Jacques Eustache de Sève, Isaac Taylor
Publisher	F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse, in the Strand, 1791
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	3 Nov 2017

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