An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 5F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse, in the Strand, 1791 |
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... flesh contracts a flavour from it , which renders it in some sa very rancid , as to make it utterly unfit for food ; however , though it injures the flesh , it improves the fea- thers for all the domestic purposes to which they are ...
... flesh contracts a flavour from it , which renders it in some sa very rancid , as to make it utterly unfit for food ; however , though it injures the flesh , it improves the fea- thers for all the domestic purposes to which they are ...
Page 37
... flesh . Wild birds are , for the most part , of the fame magni- tude and shape ; they ftill keep the prints of primæval nature ftrong upon them ; except in a few they generally maintain their very colour : but it is otherwise with ...
... flesh . Wild birds are , for the most part , of the fame magni- tude and shape ; they ftill keep the prints of primæval nature ftrong upon them ; except in a few they generally maintain their very colour : but it is otherwise with ...
Page 41
... flesh , which is impure : nor are they lefs known by their food , which confists entirely of flesh ; their ftomach , which is membranous ; and their man- ners , which are fierce and cruel . Birds of the pie kind have the bill differing ...
... flesh , which is impure : nor are they lefs known by their food , which confists entirely of flesh ; their ftomach , which is membranous ; and their man- ners , which are fierce and cruel . Birds of the pie kind have the bill differing ...
Page 42
... flesh white and pure . They live upon grain , which is moistened in the crop . They make their neft on the ground , without art ; they lay many eggs , and use promifcuous venery . Birds of the Sparrow kind comprehend all that beautiful ...
... flesh white and pure . They live upon grain , which is moistened in the crop . They make their neft on the ground , without art ; they lay many eggs , and use promifcuous venery . Birds of the Sparrow kind comprehend all that beautiful ...
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... flesh favoury . They live in lakes upon animals , and they chiefly . build their nefts upon the ground . Such is the divifion of Linnæus , with respect to this class of animals ; and at first fight it appears natural and comprehenfive ...
... flesh favoury . They live in lakes upon animals , and they chiefly . build their nefts upon the ground . Such is the divifion of Linnæus , with respect to this class of animals ; and at first fight it appears natural and comprehenfive ...
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